Although I'm not prepared to move up my prediction of a computer passing the Turing test by 2029, the progress that has been achieved in systems like….

The fate of the universe is a decision yet to be made, one which we will intelligently consider when the time is right..

There are downsides to every technology. Fire kept us warm, but also burned down our villages..

Death gives meaning to our lives. It gives importance and value to time. Time would become meaningless if there were too much of it..

The Singularity denotes an event that will take place in the material world, the inevitable next step in the evolutionary process that started with b….

Launching a breakthrough idea is like shooting skeet. People's needs change, so you must aim well ahead of the target to hit it..

We only have to capture 1/10,000th of the solar energy landing on earth to completely satisfy all our energy needs..

Play is just another version of work.

Death is a great tragedy…a profound loss…I don’t accept it…I think people are kidding themselves when they say they are comfortable with death..

To transcend means to "go beyond," but this need not compel us to an ornate dualist view that regards transcendent levels of reality (e.g., the spiri….

People talk philosophically, Oh, I don't want to live past 100.' You know, I'd like to hear them say that when they're 99..

Our intuition about the future is linear. But the reality of information technology is exponential, and that makes a profound difference. If I take 3….

The key issue as to whether or not a non-biological entity deserves rights really comes down to whether or not it's conscious.... Does it have feelin….

So what used to fit in a building now fits in your pocket, what fits in your pocket now will fit inside a blood cell in 25 years..

My mission at Google is to develop natural language understanding with a team and in collaboration with other researchers at Google..

A Singularitarian is someone who understands the Singularity and has reflected on its meaning for his or her own life..

My view is that consciousness, the seat of "personalness," is the ultimate reality, and is also scientifically impenetrable. In other words, there is….