I think that the artificial-intelligence people are making a lot of noise recently, claiming that artificial intelligence is making huge progress and we're going to be outstripped by the machines. But, in my view, this whole field is based on a misconception. I think the brain is analog, whereas the machines are digital. They really are different. So I think that what the machines can do, of course, is wonderful, but it's not the same as what the brain can do.

Things are always more complicated than most people believe.

I think the biggest misconception is that everybody has to learn mathematics. That seems to be a complete mistake.

Mind and intelligence are woven into the fabric of our universe in a way that altogether surpasses our understanding.

If women are doing a Ph.D., they have a conflict between raising a family or finishing the degree, which is just at the worst time - between the ages of 25 to 30 or whatever it is. It ruins the five years of their lives.

Ethical progress is the only cure for the damage done by scientific progress.

We won't really understand the brain until we can make models of it which are analog rather than digital, which nobody seems to be trying very much.