Simone Weil Quotes

Stop relying only on technology. Technology can help the qualified, well-trained human being but cannot replace him.

People assume that computers will do everything that humans do. Not good. People are different from each other and they are all really different from computers.

There's a fine line between something saving you time and replacing a bit of you that could be useful. I've certainly become more and more aware of that.

Humanity is smart. Sometime in the technology world we think we are smarter, but we are not smarter than you.

The idea that humans will always have a unique ability beyond the reach of non-conscious algorithms is just wishful thinking.

People who tell computers what to do, and people who are told by computers what to do.

I have problems with machines which aren't gestural.

Our lives sometimes depend on computers performing as predicted.

What about passion, dedication, loyalty? Can a robot provide those? No! On the other hand, it's easier to retire a robot when its day is done.

The question is, you know, will someone accidentally build a robot that takes over from us? And that's sort of like this lone guy in the backyard, you know - 'I accidentally built a 747.' I don't think that's going to happen.

If you want a machine to be able to interact with people, it better not do things that are surprising to people.

When human judgment and big data intersect there are some funny things that happen.

As our various electronic devices gain more and more sensory awareness, we open up the potential for entirely new forms of interaction. Not just new interfaces - tapping and shaking and whatnot - but a shift in presence.

By far, the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.

Google is working on self-driving cars, and they seem to work. People are so bad at driving cars that computers don't have to be that good to be much better. Any time you stand in line at the DMV and look around, you're like, 'Oh, my God, I wish all these people were replaced by computer drivers.'

I can't imagine that life can be replaced with a computer universe. I can't accept it.

Man is about to be an automaton; he is identifiable only in the computer. As a person of worth and creativity, as a being with an infinite potential, he retreats and battles the forces that make him inhuman.

The day may come when we will replace politicians with computers. Judging from some of the reasoning of politicians I've seen over the years, I know I would sooner take the logic of a computer. The machine may suffer the same lack of intelligence as some politicians, but at least there is consistency in its idiocy.

The best machinery in the world has to be handled by intelligent people.

Technology has the ability to intervene when humans fail.

Technology is really just an amplifier of our abilities. It builds on itself, letting us do more—and do it faster.

The thing that's going to make artificial intelligence so powerful is its ability to learn, and the way AI learns is to look at human culture.

A computer is a great device because it enables you to do anything which is automatic, anything that you don't need your understanding for. Understanding is outside a computer. It doesn't understand.

We need to invest in technologies that amplify human capacity, not replace it.

I am more on the side of humans than robots.