Zach Lawryk

“Though this might cause the AI to be terminated, it might also encourage the engineers who perform the postmortem to believe that they have gleaned a valuable new insight into AI dynamics—leading them to place more trust in the next system they design, and thus increasing the chance that the now-defunct original AI’s goals will be achieved.”
― Nick Bostrom, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

“Some little idiot is bound to press the ignite button just to see what happens.”
― Nick Bostrom, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

“Our demise may instead result from the habitat destruction that ensues when the AI begins massive global construction projects using nanotech factories and assemblers—construction”
― Nick Bostrom, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

“The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people do all the things unsuccessful people don’t want to do. Most people don’t want to work more than they have to. They do the minimum they are paid to do. That’s not the way to get ahead. Always do the best you can, not the least you can get away with. When you do your job, even if its just cleaning an office, do it as if somebody you want to impress is watching your every step.”
― Gillian Zoe Segal, Getting There: A Book of Mentors