“Building intelligent machines can teach us about our minds - about who we are - and those lessons will make our world a better place. To win that knowledge, though, our species will have to trade in another piece of its vanity.” WorldMindScienceWinningTeachPiecesBuildingLessonsMachinesIntelligentMathematicsTradeSpeciesVanityWho We AreOur WorldBetter PlaceIntelligent Machines Author:Astro Teller
“There is a race between mankind and the universe. Mankind is trying to build bigger, better, faster, and more foolproof machines. The universe is trying to build bigger, better, and faster fools. So far the universe is winning.” TryingUniverseWinningRaceMankindFoolMachinesBiggerFasterFoolproofBigger Better Author:Albert Einstein
“Gambling is so pervasive in Nevada that maybe the state should just go the whole hog. There'd be gum machines that dispensed chewing tobacco if you lost. You could gamble for the toilet paper in public bathroom stalls. And fill out Keno cards in an attempt to win cancer therapy at the hospital.” IfsShouldStatesWholeWinningLostPaperMachinesCancerCardsTherapyGamblingHospitalsBathroomToiletsTobaccoGambleGumChewingHogToilet PaperLost YouNevadaChewing Tobacco Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“Donald Trump entered show business in his early 50s and becomes a celebrity for 15 years. He decides he wants to officially run for president and doesn't really know the inside politics business, and masters it, beats 15 opponents. Then he wins and defeats the Clinton machine... He's a very fast learner. He will figure out the presidency and governing very quickly.” KnowsWantYearsShowsRunningWinningPresidentFiguresMastersTrumpBeatsMachinesClintonDefeatOpponentsPresidencyShow BusinessGoverningLearners Author:Christopher Ruddy
“If you’re going to create, create a lot. Creativity is not like playing the slot machines, where failure to win means you go home broke. With creativity, if you don’t win, you’re usually no worse off than if you hadn’t played.” IfsMeanHomeWinningCreativityMachinesBrokeSlot Machines Author:Scott Adams
“The Earth is God's pinball machine and each quake, tidal wave, flash flood and volcanic eruption is the result of a TILT that occurs when God, cheating, tries to win free games.” TryingEarthGamesWinningResultsMachinesWaveCheatingFlashFloodTiltEruptionTidal WavesQuakePinballVolcanic EruptionsFlash Floods Book:Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Source: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
“What worries me though, is that after all those victories people don't see me as a human being anymore. I am not a machine, I have a heart beating in my chest -not an engine, there's blood in my veins- not oil. I know pain and fatigue. I can lose but I will strive to win everything.” PeopleKnowsHumansHeartI CanPainWinningLosesHuman BeingsWorryBloodVictoryMachinesStriveOilAssChestsEnginesBad AssVeinsFatigueHeart BeatHeart Beating Author:Evgeni Plushenko
“Insofar as the theorist wins, therefore, by constructing an increasingly closed and terrifying machine, to that very degree he loses, since the critical capacity of his work is thereby paralysed, and the impulses of negation and revolt, not to speak of those of social transformation, are increasingly perceived as vain and trivial in the face of the model itself.” FacesWinningSpeakSocialLosesDegreesModelsCapacityMachinesTransformationCriticalVainImpulseRevoltTheoristsNegationSocial Transformation Author:Fredric Jameson