Adam Ostrow Quotes

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.

I wrote the first book, Harvest of Stars, and as I was writing it, I saw that certain implications had barely been touched on... It's perfectly obvious that two completely revolutionary things are going on, with cybernetics, and biological science.

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

When you talk to a human in 2035, you'll be talking to someone that's a combination of biological and non-biological intelligence.

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

Over time I think we will probably see a closer merger of biological intelligence and digital intelligence.

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

With Cyborg, this is a winnable fight for me.

What does the future of 'Westworld' look like? I don't necessarily think that we've seen the last of these artificial worlds that are central to the concept of our series as a whole. But the major lens that we will have is going to be the real world.

I'm an investor in a lot of things that have to do with human-computer interaction.

Virtual reality, all the A.I. work we do, all the robotics work we do - we're as close to realizing science fiction as it gets.

Within our lifetimes, we will be able to push out enough computational power to simulate reality.

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

I'm fascinated by technology and how it is changing the way we live and view our humanity.

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.

I'm a big technology individual. I love science and technology, and anything that has to do with capturing events so that they can be experienced later.

Someday in the distant cyborg future, when our internal and external memories fully merge, we may come to possess infinite knowledge. But that's not the same thing as wisdom.

Technology is making design more exciting, with color, wallpaper, textures, fabrics that could never have been created without the technology.

AI does not keep me up at night. Almost no one is working on conscious machines. Deep learning algorithms, or Google search, or Facebook personalization, or Siri or self driving cars or Watson, those have the same relationship to conscious machines as a toaster does to a chess-playing computer.

The only way you multiply resources is with technology. To really affect poverty, energy, health, education, or anything else - there is no other way.

And I think it's likely that there will be Data's out there one day. I hope so, if there are, that they all look exactly like me!

I think Google is a great company, and they're doing really cool things. But they're not doing things that are going to put us, I think, into the next generation of technology.

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.

Don't expect to be able to upload your cat's brain into your Roomba any time soon.