Inventing is a lot like surfing: you have to anticipate and catch the wave at just the right moment.

As we gradually learn to harness the optimal computing capacity of matter, our intelligence will spread through the universe at (or exceeding) the speed of light, eventually leading to a sublime, universe wide awakening.

What we spend our time on is probably the most important decision we make.

By 2029, computers will have emotional intelligence and be convincing as people.

The software programs that make our body run ... were evolved in very different times. We'd like to actually change those programs. One little software program, called the fat insulin receptor gene, basically says, 'Hold onto every calorie, because the next hunting season may not work out so well.' That was in the interests of the species tens of thousands of years ago. We'd like to turn that program off.

We appear to be programmed with the idea that there are 'things' outside of our self, and some are conscious, and some are not.

Emotional intelligence is what humans are good at and that's not a sideshow. That's the cutting edge of human intelligence.