John Twelve Hawks - Machines Quotes

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Artificial intelligence is a concept that obscures accountability. Our problem is not machines acting like humans — it's humans acting like machines.

John Twelve Hawks
The Turing Test tried to make a distinction between humans and machines. But these days Shadow programs like Edward and Laura can be programmed to say "I love you" or imitate other emotions. If a machine wanted to act like a human, then it had to deny the truth. Lying, not love, is the fundamental indication of humanity.

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Human beings are tool-making animals. Since the prehistoric era, we have created and used a wide variety of objects. But now a significant change is about to occur. In the near future, we will simply become another object that can be monitored, tracked and controlled within a vast machine.

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No machine can daydream. When they're not switched on, they're as cold as a toaster in a midnight kitchen.

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A Vast Machine watched and evaluated them, remembering their past actions and predicting their future behavior.

John Twelve Hawks
Machines, no matter how sophisticated, can only follow programs. If we sleepwalk through our lives, then we're no better than machines. Only humans are capable of a job done well — which means thinking about the consequences of our actions. A job done well pays the bills, but it also improves the lives of everyone around us.

John Twelve Hawks