"In fact, there was general agreement that minds can exist on nonbiological substrates and that algorithms are of central importance to the existence of minds."

Agreement, Existence, Fact, Importance

10

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"In fact, there was general agreement that minds can exist on nonbiological substrates and that algorithms are of central importance to the existence of minds."

Exlpore more Agreement quotes

"It is not worth the paper it is written on unless it is backed by the kind of force that will make the other side consider the penalties too heavy to break the agreement."

Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Statesman

Agreement, Force, Will, Worth

"Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement."

Tacitus, Roman Historian

Agreement,

"Proponents of the Central America Free Trade Agreement have conveniently ignored this fundamental fact: the effect of trade on incomes in Central America and how to alleviate the adverse consequences of trade liberalization on the poor."

Stephen F. Lynch, American Politician

Agreement, America, Consequences, Effect

"The United States strongly seeks a lasting agreement for the discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests. We believe that this would be an important step toward reduction of international tensions and would open the way to further agreement on substantial measures of disarmament."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

Agreement, Open, States, Tests

"A comparison between the triplets tentatively deduced by these methods with the changes in amino acid sequence produced by mutation shows a fair measure of agreement."

Francis Crick, English Scientist

Agreement, Measure

"The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement."

Bashar al-Assad, Syrian Statesman

Agreement, Defense

"The mongers brought them together upon a mutual surrender of their principles."

Robert Toombs, American Politician

Agreement, Principles, Surrender

"You mentioned the Free Trade Agreement and yes I can't tell you how pleased we are that Morocco is one of the countries that our country is going to begin negotiating a Free Trade Agreement with."

Donald Evans, American Public Servant

Agreement, Countries, Country, Trade

"Therefore they should come to the table and reach an agreement that would protect their identity."

John Hume, Irish Politician

Agreement, Identity

"It is always possible to argue against an interpretation, to confront interpretations, to arbitrate between them and to seek for an agreement, even if this agreement remains beyond our reach."

Paul Ricoeur, French Philosopher

Agreement,

Explore more quotes by Vernor Vinge

"Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence."

Intelligence

"The work that is truly productive is the domain of a steadily smaller and more elite fraction of humanity."

Work

"The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors."

Science

"The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being."

Being

"When I began writing science fiction in the middle '60s, it seemed very easy to find ideas that took decades to percolate into the cultural consciousness; now the lead time seems more like eighteen months."

Science

"It is a point where our old models must be discarded and a new reality rules."

Old

"Note that I am not proposing that AI research be ignored or less funded."

Research

"Another symptom of progress toward the Singularity: ideas themselves should spread ever faster, and even the most radical will quickly become commonplace."

Progress

"When people speak of creating superhumanly intelligent beings, they are usually imagining an AI project."

People

"I am suggesting that we recognize that in network and interface research there is something as profound (and potential wild) as Artificial Intelligence."

Intelligence