We're democratizing the tools of creativity.

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

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.

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

Intuition is linear; our imaginations are weak. Even the brightest of us only extrapolate from what we know now; for the most part, we're afraid to really stretch.

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

Machines will follow a path that mirrors the evolution of humans. Ultimately, however, self-aware, self-improving machines will evolve beyond humans' ability to control or even understand them.