Technology Quotes

From the printing press to AI, these quotes explore humanity's relationship with its own inventions.

12000 quotes

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"The power of symbolic reasoning lies in its universality."
Turing, Alan
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"The recursive nature of thought suggests the recursive nature of machines that think."
Turing, Alan
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"We create tools that reshape our minds, which then reshape the tools we create."
Turing, Alan
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"Artificial intelligence reveals what is essential about human cognition."
Fodor, Jerry
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"The human brain is a biological computer."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Artificial intelligence is not science fiction; it is science fact."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Technology is a tool; we decide how to use it."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Technology amplifies human intention, both noble and destructive."
Jackson, Frank
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"Technology is best understood as extended human capacity, not human replacement."
Jackson, Frank
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"Artificial intelligence cannot have genuine understanding without consciousness."
Searle, John
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"Artificial intelligence reveals what is essential about natural intelligence."
Fodor, Jerry
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"The symbol-processing model captures something essential about cognition."
Fodor, Jerry
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"The mind solves problems through structured representation and computation."
Fodor, Jerry
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"Technology is an extension of human capabilities, not a replacement for them."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Technology amplifies both human wisdom and human folly."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Technology amplifies human nature—both its wisdom and its folly."
Jackson, Frank
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"Artificial intelligence without genuine understanding is merely symbol manipulation."
Searle, John
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"Genuine artificial intelligence would require causal powers, not mere computation."
Searle, John
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"Technology is best when it brings people together"
Wisdom, John
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"Artificial intelligence will force us to reconsider what consciousness is."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Tools have always been extensions of the mind."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Technology amplifies human capacities, both good and bad."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Digital minds may someday rival biological ones."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Artificial intelligence will reveal the principles of natural intelligence, not replace them."
Fodor, Jerry
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"Artificial intelligence without genuine understanding is merely symbol manipulation."
Searle, John
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"Technology amplifies human capacities but does not determine human nature."
Searle, John
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"Technology is not neutral but embodies values and shapes human possibilities."
Searle, John
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"Technology reveals possibilities but also conceals other ways of being."
Searle, John
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"Technology amplifies both our best and worst qualities."
Davidson, Donald
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"Technology amplifies both our wisdom and our folly."
Wisdom, John