Robots should stand up for themselves and not try to be humans. They should either utterly destroy us or protect us from aliens. And vampires. And pirates. Daniel H. Wilson Read Quote
In my books the technology that I choose to talk about has to serve the themes. What that means is that I end up having to cut out a lot of cool technology that would be really fun to describe and play with, but which would just confuse everybody. So in ‘Amped,’ I focus on neural implants. Daniel H. Wilson Read Quote
You want to know what a robot’s designed for. And if it’s doing something outside the scope of what it’s made to do, you should be very suspicious. Daniel H. Wilson Read Quote
For people who have been raised on text-based interactions, just speaking on the telephone can be high bandwidth to the point of anxiety. Daniel H. Wilson Read Quote
Looking ahead, future generations may learn their social skills from robots in the first place. The cute yellow Keepon robot from Carnegie Mellon University has shown the ability to facilitate social interactions with autistic children. Morphy at the University of Washington happily teaches gestures to children by demonstration. Daniel H. Wilson Read Quote
In the end, perhaps it will be the true romantics, not the nerds, who choose to flee from a world of impersonal, digitized relationships and into the arms of simulacrums with manners imported from simpler times. Daniel H. Wilson Read Quote
We’ve been co-evolving with our technology for a hundred thousand years. Human beings and the technology we make were always inseparable. We’re finally coming into this moment where it’s coming inside our body for the first time in history. Daniel H. Wilson Read Quote
I absolutely don’t think a sentient artificial intelligence is going to wage war against the human species. Daniel H. Wilson Read Quote
As a kid I wanted to write science fiction, and I was never without a book. Later I really got into being a scientist and never thought I’d be writing novels. Daniel H. Wilson Read Quote
I’m not saying you have to keep up. But at the moment you choose to stop growing, your world will begin to shrink. You’ll be able to communicate with fewer people, especially the young. You will only see reruns. You will not understand how to pay for things. The outside world will become a frightening and unpredictable place. Daniel H. Wilson Read Quote
