Another symptom of progress toward the Singularity: ideas themselves should spread ever faster, and even the most radical will quickly become commonplace.

The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.

All evil and good is petty before Nature. Personally, we take comfort from this, that there is a universe to admire that cannot be twisted to villainy or good, but which simply is.

Note that I am not proposing that AI research be ignored or less funded.

The heart of manipulation is to empathize without being touched.

Little fish risking everything for a piece of godhood...and not knowing heaven from hell, even when they find it.

But every time our ability to access information and to communicate it to others is improved, in some sense we have achieved an increase over natural intelligence.