A lot of movies about artificial intelligence envision that AIs will be very intelligent but missing some key emotional qualities of humans and therefore turn out to be very dangerous.

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

I'm an inventor. I became interested in long-term trends because an invention has to make sense in the world in which it is finished, not the world in which it is started.

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

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

It is doubling now every two years. Doubling every two years means multiplying by 1,000 in 20 years. At that rate we'll meet 100 percent of our energy needs in 20 years.

Our technology, our machines, is part of our humanity. We created them to extend ourselves, and that is what is unique about human beings.