Pat Cadigan Quotes

Nanotechnology has been moving a little faster than I expected, virtual reality a little slower.

We have artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, 3D-printing, robotics and nanotechnology that have changed the face of modern medicine. It is essential for Indian doctors to familiarise themselves with the latest developments to be able to control technology and not the other way around.

We live in a science fictional world with things like cloning and face transplants, and things seem to be getting stranger and stranger.

Science fiction is not quirky anymore; we live in a futuristic world now.

We live in a time of astounding technological advancements. There are deep-sea drones and live-streaming virtual reality.

The world got enamored with smartphones and tablets, but what's interesting is those devices don't do everything that needs to be done. Three-D printing, virtual-reality computing, robotics are all controlled by PCs.

Growing new limbs, copying internal organs like a Xerox machine, exponential increases in computing power, better eyes and ears - I could read stories like this endlessly.

I am told that there have been over the years a number of experiments taking place in places like Massachusetts Institute of Technology that have been entirely based on concepts raised by Star Trek.

I had a great time creating the future on 'Minority Report,' and it's a future that is coming true faster than any of us thought it would.

The truth of Moore's law has made remarkable things possible. On the software side, I think natural user interfaces in all their forms are equally significant.

If everything moves along and there are no major catastrophes we're basically headed towards holograms.

We build our technologies as a way of addressing all our anxieties and desires. They are our passions congealed into these prosthetic extensions of ourselves. And they do it in a way that reflects what we dream ourselves capable of doing.

Ultimately, I hypothesize that technology will one day be able to recreate a realistic representation of us as a result of the plethora of content we're creating converging with other advances in machine learning, robotics and large-scale data mining.

Technology is permeating every single thing we do... And to the extent that we can better expose our young people to all the different ways that technology can be used, not just for video games or toys, we're planning for the future.

I love the modern technology now.

There are technologies you couldn't predict at all when I started.

The future lies in designing and selling computers that people don't realize are computers at all.

We all thought we'd have flying cars by now, but we don't.

I think about the Internet and cell phones and jets and spaceships, and I wonder, 'What's going to make that look ancient?'

I see technology as being an extension of the human body.

By the time we get to the 2040s, we'll be able to multiply human intelligence a billionfold. That will be a profound change that's singular in nature. Computers are going to keep getting smaller and smaller. Ultimately, they will go inside our bodies and brains and make us healthier, make us smarter.

In my books the technology that I choose to talk about has to serve the themes. What that means is that I end up having to cut out a lot of cool technology that would be really fun to describe and play with, but which would just confuse everybody. So in 'Amped,' I focus on neural implants.

I just think that VR and AR are going to be a really big deal.

Augmented reality will take some time to get right, but I do think that it's profound.

I'm generally pretty excited about new gadgets, new tech, A.I., stuff like that.