Katri

“You know the greatest lesson of history? It’s that history is whatever the victors say it is. That’s the lesson. Whoever wins, that’s who decides the history. We act in our own self-interest. Of course we do. Name me a person or a nation who does not. The trick is figuring out where your interests are.”
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See

“Oh,” Lewis said, “well if you won’t let us then— Wait…wait a minute.… I’m looking at my shoulder patch and it turns out I’m the commander. Sit tight. We’re coming to get you.” “Smart-ass.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“The computer scientist Donald Knuth was struck that “AI has by now succeeded in doing essentially everything that requires ‘thinking’ but has failed to do most of what people and animals do ‘without thinking’—that, somehow, is much harder!”
― Nick Bostrom, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

“Oma raamatus "Planeete nagu vihma" tsiteerite te seda XIX sajandi inimest, kes muretseb liikluse pärast Pariisis, kuna näeb kõikjal hobuseid. Ta ennustab, et peagi on tänavail meetripaksune sõnnikukiht."

"See inimene teeb sedasama, mida meie - ta ekstrapoleerib ning ei oska arvestada juhuse, ettenägematu arengu, progressiga. Te võite ise näha, kui palju eksib ta üheainsa sajandiga. Kujutlege nüüd, kui palju pean mina eksima, kui ma projitseerin end miljoneid aastaid ettepoole!”
― Alfred Vidal-Madjar