The heart of manipulation is to empathize without being touched. Vernor Vinge More Quotes by Vernor Vinge More Quotes From Vernor Vinge 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. Vernor Vinge possibilitytechnologynatural We humans have millions of years of evolutionary baggage that makes us regard competition in a deadly light. Vernor Vinge competitionlightyears 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. Vernor Vinge algorithmsagreementmind He claimed that nearby gun thunder cleared the mind - but most everybody else agreed it made you daft. Vernor Vinge thundergunmind One of his greatest talents was empathy; no sadist can aspire to perfection without that diagnostic ability. Vernor Vinge empathytalentperfection What we have is a data glut. Vernor Vinge thought-provokingdata And for all my rampant technological optimism, sometimes I think I'd be more comfortable if I were regarding these transcendental events from one thousand years remove... instead of twenty. Vernor Vinge optimismyearsthinking Sometimes the biggest disasters aren't noticed at all – no one's around to write horror stories. Vernor Vinge horror-storieswritingsometimes Once upon a time I was such a good liar; I could talk the fish right into my mouths. Vernor Vinge mouthsonce-upon-a-timeliars Sometimes terror and pain are not the best levers; deception, when it works, is the most elegant and the least expensive manipulation of all. Vernor Vinge leversdeceptionpain Note that I am not proposing that AI research be ignored or less funded. Vernor Vinge ignorednotesresearch Little fish risking everything for a piece of godhood...and not knowing heaven from hell, even when they find it. Vernor Vinge piecesknowingheaven We’re long on high principles and short on simple human understanding. Vernor Vinge understandingsimplelong The illusion of self-awareness. Happy automatons, running on trivial programs. I'll bet you never guess. From the inside, how can you? Vernor Vinge illusionselfrunning 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. Vernor Vinge twistedevilcomfort Peregrine Wickwrackscar was flying. A pilgrim with legends that went back almost a thousand years-and not one of them could come near to this! Vernor Vinge legendsflyingyears 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? Vernor Vinge legsvideokeys It was not called the Net of a Million Lies for nothing. Vernor Vinge millionslying Well, what do you know," Pham said. "Butterflies in jackboots. Vernor Vinge wellsbutterflysaid Effective translation of natural languages comes awfully close to requiring a sentient translator program. Vernor Vinge programlanguagenatural
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