Moshe Vardi

“Getting elected to the National Academy of Sciences is the ultimate peer recognition.”

“People at the very top of the income scale also benefited from globalization and automation. But the income of working- and middle-class people in the developed world has stagnated.”

“Everything that humans can do a machine can do.”

“Offshoring is like the winter. You don't ask if it is good or bad - you ask what do you do about it. The answer is you dress warmly.”

“The question I want to put forward is, 'Does the technology we are developing ultimately benefit mankind?'”

“In 2017, there was a sudden recognition of several adverse societal consequences of information technology, from job losses due to automation to manipulation of public opinion, with significant political consequences.”

“Are machines getting more and more powerful? Absolutely. It's been going on since 1940. We are making progress, and for many people, it will be a lifesaver.”