Eliezer Yudkowsky Quotes

Since the rise of Homo sapiens, human beings have been the smartest minds around. But very shortly - on a historical scale, that is - we can expect technology to break the upper bound on intelligence that has held for the last few tens of thousands of years.

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 11, 1979

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There was a revolution going on at home. Why didn't I earn some money? Why didn't I do something practical, like chicken farming?

John Garfield

HomeMoneyRevolutionFarmingWhy

I got recognized on the subway in South Africa because of 'Big Bang.'

John Ross Bowie

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I picked up 'On Moral Fiction' in the bookstore and looked up myself in the index, but I didn't read it through. I try not to read things that depress me.

John Updike

MyselfMeMoralTryUpFiction

The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to guarantee that somebody on earth would sing the songs I was writing. Since then, I've performed just about everywhere: rock clubs, concerts halls, arenas, TV.

Rupert Holmes

TruthWritingTruth IsEarthRock

I won't let any ambassador have a say about my foreign travels.

Milos Zeman

SayAmbassadorForeignAboutAny

Movies by Carlos Saura and others had ghosts, memories from the past, that they used to make a political point. Things you couldn't talk about openly, you could speak of through ghosts.

Juan Antonio Bayona

MemoriesPastSpeakPoliticalYou

It was a job, and I was just doing my job.

Johnny Ramone

JobDoingJust

I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in the Executive Branch.

Bob Woodward

WorkBelieveIndependentI Believe

Everyone's going to die, and everyone's going to get sick at some point. But I do believe that there are choices you can make in life that will make you as healthy as possible.

Anne Wojcicki

LifeSickChoicesBelieveDieYou

I'm really excited to get my Herve Leger, my Louboutins, and to be rocking the red carpet. I don't know if Hollywood can handle it, but I'm ready to bring it.

Nikki Bella

RedReadyKnowHollywoodExcited

I love the idea of a very simple 8-bit video game character struggling with the complex question: 'isn't there more to life than the role I've been assigned?'

Rich Moore

LifeLoveCharacterSimpleGame

We make programming decisions on a day-to-day basis. We sell advertising on a day-to-day basis. This is the way networks operate. This is the way all television stations operate. This is the way most businesses operate when you have a number of affiliates or a number of franchises. It's the way the business operates.

Mark E. Hyman

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