Technology Quotes

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

12000 quotes

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"Technology is the mirror reflecting our intentions back to us."
Wisdom, John
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"The question is not whether machines can think, but whether we can stop thinking they cannot."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Artificial intelligence need not be conscious to be intelligent."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Technology changes how we think, for better and worse."
Dennett, Daniel
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"The internet has amplified both human cooperation and human irrationality."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Artificial minds, if created, would deserve moral consideration."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Artificial intelligence must grapple with the symbol grounding problem."
Fodor, Jerry
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"Technology is a mirror reflecting both our greatest aspirations and deepest flaws."
Wisdom, John
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"Technology amplifies human nature; it makes saints more saintly and fools more foolish."
Wisdom, John
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"Technology is best when it brings people together."
Moore, George Edward
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"The danger in the modern world is not mass society, but mass culture."
Arendt, Hannah
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"The modern world has turned everything into a consumer product."
Arendt, Hannah
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"The greatest inventions often come from necessity."
Arendt, Hannah
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"Technology is a mirror reflecting our values; what it shows depends on us."
Wisdom, John
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"Technology is neither good nor evil; it is a reflection of human intention."
Wisdom, John
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"Technology is the servant of humanity, not its master."
Moore, George Edward
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"Technology without ethics leads to destruction."
Moore, George Edward
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"Technology amplifies human capacities but cannot replace human judgment."
Austin, John Langshaw
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"Technology embodies choices about what we value and how we want to live."
Austin, John Langshaw
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"Technology is the colonization of nature."
Weil, Simone
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"We cannot escape the human condition through technology."
Arendt, Hannah
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"Technology is the expression of human will and creativity."
Rosenzweig, Franz
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"Technology amplifies both human wisdom and human folly."
Rosenzweig, Franz
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"Technology extends our capacities, but does not change the fundamental structures of human meaning-making."
Strawson, Peter Frederick
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"Technology is a magnificent servant but a terrible master."
Moore, George Edward
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"Technology amplifies human nature, for better or worse."
Moore, George Edward
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"Industrial civilization has wounded the soul of humanity."
Weil, Simone
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"Modern machines have enslaved the human mind."
Weil, Simone
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"Technology serves humanity best when it remains invisible to purpose."
Moore, George Edward
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"Technology extends our reach but cannot substitute for presence."
Rosenzweig, Franz