So much technology, so little talent.

We're endangered by our own success.

I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans natural competitiveness and the possibilities inherent in technology.

When people speak of creating superhumanly intelligent beings, they are usually imagining an AI project.

Sometimes terror and pain are not the best levers; deception, when it works, is the most elegant and the least expensive manipulation of all.

Hexapodia as the key insight...I haven't had a chance to see the famous video from Straumli Realm, except as an evocation. (My only gateway onto the Net is very expensive.) Is it true that humans have six legs?

Effective translation of natural languages comes awfully close to requiring a sentient translator program.