I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth.

Poor humans; they will all die.""Poor us; we will not.

The illusion of self-awareness. Happy automatons, running on trivial programs. I'll bet you never guess. From the inside, how can you?

The work that is truly productive is the domain of a steadily smaller and more elite fraction of humanity.

The physical extinction of the human race is one possibility.

In fact, there was general agreement that minds can exist on nonbiological substrates and that algorithms are of central importance to the existence of minds.

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.