The Internet is a big boon to academic research. Gone are the days spent in dusty library stacks digging for journal articles. Many articles are available free to the public in open-access journal or as preprints on the authors' website.
Nick BostromThe first ultraintelligent machine is the last invention that man need ever make, provided that the machine is docile enough to tell us how to keep it under control.
Nick BostromWe should not be confident in our ability to keep a super-intelligent genie locked up in its bottle forever.
Nick Bostrom