Isaac Asimov Quotes

Nobody complains that Bernini's sculptures are too darn real, right? Or that Norman Rockwell's paintings are too creepy. Well, robots can seem real and be loved, too. We're trying to make a new art medium out of robotics.

We're fascinated with robots because they are reflections of ourselves.

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

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.

When those super intelligence goes into robots, those robots with the super intelligence will change our lives.

Factories not what they used to be - they're all extremely high-tech.

If you look at the field of robotics today, you can say robots have been in the deepest oceans, they've been to Mars, you know? They've been all these places, but they're just now starting to come into your living room. Your living room is the final frontier for robots.

We're seeing the arrival of conversational robots that can walk in our world. It's a golden age of invention.

By 2029, computers will have emotional intelligence and be convincing as people.

I believe that robots should only have faces if they truly need them.

The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.

A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human.

Our technology, our machines, is part of our humanity. We created them to extend ourselves, and that is what is unique about human beings.

The digitization of human beings will make a parody out of 'doctor knows best.'

Let's not kid ourselves here, robots already run most of our world. We'll be their butlers soon enough.

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

Robots have gotten steadily more capable, but humans' expectations that robots should have minds keeps biting robot developers.

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.

There's something so arrogant about us creating robots that are more and more human-looking or acting. It's like we're playing God. Let's create something that's a reflection of us, but it's inferior.

Two big questions that people ask me are: if we make these robots more and more human-like, will we accept them - will they need rights eventually? And the other question people ask me is, will they want to take over?

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.

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

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

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

R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)