Although I'm not prepared to move up my prediction of a computer passing the Turing test by 2029, the progress that has been achieved in systems like Watson should give anyone substantial confidence that the advent of Turing-level AI is close at hand. If one were to create a version of Watson that was optimized for the Turing test, it would probably come pretty close.

Death gives meaning to our lives. It gives importance and value to time. Time would become meaningless if there were too much of it.

Those with engineering skills will build tomorrow's genius computers. But those with the ability to create knowledge of any kind will be the ones who are best able to extract great value from them. The way to create value in the age of genius machines will be to compile and disseminate knowledge that other people will find useful.

The fate of the universe is a decision yet to be made, one which we will intelligently consider when the time is right.

The telephone is virtual reality in that you can meet with someone as if you are together, at least for the auditory sense.

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

By the end of this decade, computers will disappear as distinct physical objects, with displays built in our eyeglasses, and electronics woven in our clothing, providing full-immersion visual virtual reality.