To be a hacker - when I use the term - is somebody who is creative and does wonderful things.

We need to look at the whole society and think, "Are we actually thinking about what we're doing as we go forward, and are we preserving the really important values that we have in society? Are we keeping it democratic, and open, and so on?"

[With AI] Somebody's going to have to think of a completely new algorithm, a new way of doing goal-based planning.

I suppose it's amazing when you think how many things people get involved in that don't work.

It's possible to live without the Web. It's not possible to live without water. But if you've got water, then the difference between somebody who is connected to the Web and is part of the information society, and someone who (is not) is growing bigger and bigger.

The Semantic Web is not a separate Web but an extension of the current one, in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation.

If you are not on the web, you will have problems accessing services.