When there is conflict, it's good to step away, even for five minutes, because you could say terrible things that you can't take back, so it's best to walk away.
Does God exist? Well, I would say, 'not yet'.
Supercomputers will achieve one human brain capacity by 2010, and personal computers will do so by about 2020.
All of our schools need to bring 'learn from doing' into the mainstream education, not just afternoon.
We appear to be programmed with the idea that there are 'things' outside of our self, and some are conscious, and some are not.
Although I'm not prepared to move up my prediction of a computer passing the Turing test by 2029, the progress that has been achieved in systems like Watson should give anyone substantial confidence that the advent of Turing-level AI is close at hand. If one were to create a version of Watson that was optimized for the Turing test, it would probably come pretty close.
The key issue as to whether or not a non-biological entity deserves rights really comes down to whether or not it's conscious. . . . Does it have feelings?
I was having a hard time at school, in terms of being crap at everything, with no discernible talent.
If your hair is relaxed, white people are relaxed. If your hair is nappy, they're not happy.
It's the repetitive thing that brings space. That's one of the things I love secretly about hip-hop. Jazz doesn't have that element. It changes every bar, nothing is ever the same.
I was a late child from my parents, so I grew up surrounded by people a lot older than me. I think even when I was 21, I felt like I was a 70-year-old man.