“I'm a dog person, I've had dogs all my life. But you see, it's not really a dog. It's more like a little robot. It's an actor. It displays no emotion whatsoever. I swear that dog doesn't know any of us even though we've done five seasons of Frasier.” KnowsLittlesPersonsDoneActorsEmotionFiveDogSeasonsDisplaySwearRobots Author:John Mahoney
“We aren't robots. What makes us exceptional as humans, is that we have the capacity to feel as many emotions all at once.” FeelsHumansEmotionCapacityRobotsExceptional Author:Demi Lovato
“Since emotions are few and reasons are many (said the robot Giscard) the behavior of a crowd can be more easily predicted than the behavior of one person.” PersonsSaidReasonSportsEmotionBehaviorCrowdsRobots Author:Isaac Asimov
“A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.” FirstsLongDoeLawExistenceProtectConflictProtectionRobotsRobotics Author:Isaac Asimov
“Anybody who makes speeches written by someone else is just a robot.” WrittenSpeechRobots Author:Joe Strummer
“Ecstatic over the total annihilation of the Earth, Dr. Strangelove "resurrects" himself, miraculously regaining his ability to walk. His mechanical, robot-like body rises out of his wheelchair, crying exultantly: "Sir! I have a plan. Heh." (He realizes he is standing up.) "Mein Fuehrer, I can walk!"” I CanBodyEarthRealizingAbilityWalksPlansCryStandingDrsRobotsEcstaticAnnihilationWheelchairs Author:Peter Sellers
“Thank you... motion sensor hand towel machine. You never work, so I just end up looking like I'm waving hello to a wall robot.” EndsHandsWallMachinesHelloRobotsTowelsSensors Author:Jimmy Fallon
“There was a failure to recognize the deep problems in AI; for instance, those captured in Blocks World. The people building physical robots learned nothing.” PeopleWorldProblemBuildingBlockInstanceRobotsCaptured Author:Marvin Minsky
“Robot Wars is not a sport. Guys just play with remote controls. Now, if they were wired up and got an electrical shock each time their robot got hammered, then, yes, it would be a sport.” IfsWarPlayWould BeGuySportsPlayerFootballSoccerShockRobotsElectricalHammeredRemote Control Author:Paolo Di Canio
“The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots. True enough, robots do not rebel. But given man's nature, robots cannot live and remain sane, they become ''Golems',' they will destroy their world and themselves because they cannot stand any longer the boredom of a meaningless life.” MenWorldMayEnoughPastGivenDangerFutureSlaveBoredomRebelMeaninglessSaneRobotsMeaningless Life Author:Erich Fromm
“Working out what it would take to program goodness into a robot shows not only how much machinery it takes to be good but how slippery the concept of goodness is to start with.” ShowsGoodnessConceptsProgramWork OutBe GoodRobotsMachineryGood And BadSlippery Book:How the Mind Works Source: How the Mind Works
“What are all of us but self-reproducing robots? We have been put together by our genes and what we do is roam the world looking for a way to sustain ourselves and ultimately produce another robot child.” WorldWayLifeChildrenHas BeensSelfTogetherProduceGenesRobotsReproducing Author:Richard Dawkins
“On the robot kit, I can choose very boring parts or I can choose exciting and interesting parts. That is a reflection of my personality and the kinds of things I am interested in.” KindI CanInterestingPersonalityReflectionExcitingBoringRobots Author:Bill Budge
“The other one I did was "I, Robot." I take apart Isaac Asimov's Robots world.” WorldRobotsIsaac Author:Cory Doctorow
“If you had an alien race that looked like insects, then they would build robots to look like themselves, not to look like people.” PeopleIfsLooksLiteratureRaceAliensRobotsInsects Author:Kevin J. Anderson
“People say, like, 'Are you a regular person?' 'Well, I'm not a robot, if that's what you're asking, I really am a person.” PeopleIfsWellsPersonsAskingRobots Author:Abigail Breslin
“Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals.” WorstBehaveRobots Author:Fernando Flores
“Art shows us that human beings still matter in a world where money talks the loudest, where computers know everything about us, and where robots fabricate our next meal and also our ride there.” KnowsWorldHumansArtStillsMatterShowsNextHuman BeingsComputerMealsRobotsMoney TalksFabricate Author:John Maeda
“...the nervous systems of other animals were not artificially constructed - as a robot might be artificially constructed - to mimic the pain behavior of humans. A capacity to feel pain obviously enhances a species' prospects of survival...it is surely unreasonable to suppose that nervous systems that are virtually identical physiologically, have a common origin and a common evolutionary function, and result in similar forms of behavior in similar circumstances should actually operate in an entirely different manner on the level of subjective feelings.” FeelsShouldHumansDifferentFeelingsMightPainFormAnimalLevelsResultsCommonCircumstancesBehaviorSurvivalCapacityFunctionSpeciesNervousLiberationRobotsSubjectiveIdenticalUnreasonableNervous SystemProspectsAnimal Liberation Author:Peter Singer