Clara Shih Quotes

The story of automation is the story of a one-way shift from human control to automatic control.

As technology advances, it reverses the characteristics of every situation again and again. The age of automation is going to be the age of 'do it yourself.'

Automation is no longer just a problem for those working in manufacturing. Physical labor was replaced by robots; mental labor is going to be replaced by AI and software.

In a few years the androids will be working for us. Let’s hope that we never have to work for them

There's a lot of automation that can happen that isn't a replacement of humans but of mind-numbing behavior.

Technology, through automation and artificial intelligence, is definitely one of the most disruptive sources.

Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in his right mind should have an inferiority complex every time he looks at a flower.

Technology and robotics are advancing and will reduce the need for workers in the future.

Technology is at the forefront of everything these days - communication, work. It's amazing and scary at the same time how robots have evolved, but I find it hard to believe that robots will completely rule the world. Not in my lifetime anyway.

Technology is making gestures precise and brutal, and with them men.

I do think, in time, people will have, sort of, relationships with certain kinds of robots - not every robot, but certain kinds of robots - where they might feel that it is a sort of friendship, but it's going to be of a robot-human kind.

The concept of the robot encapsulates both aspects of technology. On one hand it's cool, it's fun, it's healthy, it's sexy, it's stylish. On the other hand it's terrifying, it's alienating, it's addictive, and it's scary. That has been the subject of much science-fiction literature.

I'm going to be in technology for a long time.

We humans have a love-hate relationship with our technology. We love each new advance and we hate how fast our world is changing... The robots really embody that love-hate relationship we have with technology.

In movies and in television the robots are always evil. I guess I am not into the whole brooding cyberpunk dystopia thing.

You probably found 'How to Survive a Robot Uprising' in the humor section. Let's just hope that is where it belongs.

Personally, I'm not afraid of a robot uprising. The benefits far outweigh the threats.

Robots are interesting because they exist as a real technology that you can really study - you can get a degree in robotics - and they also have all this pop-culture real estate that they take up in people's minds.

I see no reason to suppose that these machines will ever force themselves into general use.

It won’t be long before we all number synthetic creatures among our friends.

I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans. And I am rooting for the machines.

Artificial Intelligence is one of those areas where we should be proactive in controlling it rather than reactive. If we are reactive, by the time we will do the necessary things, it will be too late. Robots can do everything better than we [humans] can.

I am more on the side of humans than robots.

In addition to replacing many jobs, automation will also transform other jobs. Professions involving high touch, personal relationships - such as clergy, dentists, and financial advisors, for instance - face the least risk of automation but will nevertheless be profoundly transformed.

We have to face the fact that countries are going to lose jobs to robotics. The only question that needs to be answered is which country will create and own the best robotic technology and have the infrastructure necessary to enable it.