Tim Cook Quotes

The iPhone is made on a global scale, and it blends computers, the Internet, communications, and artificial intelligence in one blockbuster, game-changing innovation. It reflects so many of the things that our contemporary world is good at - indeed, great at.

It's going to be interesting to see how society deals with artificial intelligence, but it will definitely be cool.

My little self-analysis is that consumer technology is the closest thing we have to magic. You push a button and something happens at your command. The things that get me fired up the most have always been the things that seem the most magical.

Although designers continue to dream of 'transparency' - technologies that just do their job without making their presence felt - both creators and audiences actually like technologies with 'personality.'

Kids love robots. They're this fanciful, cool thing.

If a company has a navigation system or a database or a virtual assistant they like better, Microsoft will meet them in the middle.

If the government regulates against use of drones or stem cells or artificial intelligence, all that means is that the work and the research leave the borders of that country and go someplace else.

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

I ultimately got into robotics because for me, it was the best way to study intelligence.

I would do it today because the thing that appealed to me was not necessarily the mechanics of the robot, but it was his personality and how funny and charming he was.

Human intelligence trumps electronic or signals intelligence every time.

Confined to the use of his own physical power, man is one of the most helpless animals. In proportion to his size and requirements, he is unquestionably very weak and slow. But the superiority of his organism consists precisely in the aptitude of his brain and the fitness of his hands for the contrivance and use of mechanical devices, through which he may take from nature, by artifice, those forces in which he is naturally wanting

A key feature of the digital age is that technology changes incessantly to sate user demands

Venture capitalists are pouring billions of dollars into commercial surveillance satellites, unmanned aerial vehicles, social media analytics, biometric technologies, and cyberdefenses to meet surging market demand. Heavy competition is driving down the cost of and improving the information available to individuals, businesses, and governments.

New technologies, however remarkable they might seem, are fundamentally just tools made by people for people.

When you think about the complexity of our natural world - plants using quantum mechanics for photosynthesis, for example - a smartphone begins to look like a pretty dumb object.

I'd rather see artificial intelligence than no intelligence.

Human language is the new UI layer, bots are like new applications, and digital assistants are meta apps. Intelligence is infused into all of your interactions.

A computer is a wonderful thing, but it's cold, and what comes out of it is sort of cold.

When I think about developing solutions, I think about how we can use technology to make a difference.

AI is creating tremendous economic value today.

Some people call this artificial intelligence, but the reality is this technology will enhance us. So instead of artificial intelligence, I think we'll augment our intelligence.

I believe this artificial intelligence is going to be our partner. If we misuse it, it will be a risk. If we use it right, it can be our partner.

The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't really even notice it, so it's part of everyday life.

Video games are an exciting medium. The creativity of design, the technology and the interaction represent the best of American innovation.