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“Any AI smart enough to pass a Turing test is smart enough to know to fail it.”
― River of Gods
― River of Gods
“When you're finally up at the moon looking back on earth,all those differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend, and you're going to get a concept that maybe this really is one world and why the hell can't we live together like decent people?”
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“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
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“That’s the problem with models—they only include the details people think are relevant,”
― To Say Nothing of the Dog
― To Say Nothing of the Dog
“This planet is not terra firma. It is a delicate flower and it must be cared for. It's lonely. It's small. It's isolated, and there is no resupply. And we are mistreating it. Clearly, the highest loyalty we should have is not to our on country or our own religion or our home town or even to ourselves. It should be to, number two, the family of man, and number one, the planet at large. This is our home, and this is all we've got.”
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