Every time we give a musician the advice to give away the music and sell the T-shirt, we're saying, "Don't make your living in this more elevated way. Instead, reverse this social progress, and choose a more physical way to make a living." We're sending them to peasanthood, very much like the Maoists have.
Jaron LanierI'm hoping the reader can see that artificial intelligence is better understood as a belief system instead of a technology.
Jaron LanierIt is impossible to work in information technology without also engaging in social engineering.
Jaron LanierIf you get deep enough, you get trapped. Stop calling yourself a user. You are being used.
Jaron Lanier