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

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

We're democratizing the tools of creativity.

The profound aspect of technology is that once secrets are revealed, the magic doesn't disappear.

Science fiction is the great opportunity to speculate on what could happen. It does give me, as a futurist, scenarios.

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

Even by common wisdom, there seem to be both people and objects in my dream that are outside myself, but clearly they were created in myself and are part of me; they are mental constructs in my own brain.