My view is that consciousness, the seat of "personalness," is the ultimate reality, and is also scientifically impenetrable. In other words, there is no scientific test one can postulate that would definitively prove its existence in another entity. We assume that other biological human persons, at least those who are at least acting conscious, are indeed conscious. But this too is an assumption, and this shared human consensus breaks down when we go beyond human experience (e.g., the debate on animal consciousness, and by extension animal rights).

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

Information defines your personality, your memories, your skills.

Sometimes people talk about conflict between humans and machines, and you can see that in a lot of science fiction. But the machines were creating are not some invasion from Mars. We create these tools to expand our own reach.

I do have to pick my priorities. Nobody can do everything.

Time would become meaningless if there were too much of it.

Does God exist? Well, I would say, 'not yet'.