Oren Etzioni

“We have an obligation to figure out how to help people cope with the rapidly changing nature of technology.”

“My dream is to achieve AI for the common good.”

“Just as our roads and bridges are overdue for investment, so is the infrastructure for scientific research; that is, the body of scientific thought and the tools for searching through it.”

“Taking new technology and incorporating into how people work and live is not easy.”

“A universal basic income doesn't give people dignity or protect them from boredom and vice.”

“Life is short. Don't do the same thing everyone else is doing - that's such a herd mentality. And don't do something that's two percent better than the other person. Do something that changes the world.”

“Understanding of natural language is what sometimes is called 'AI complete,' meaning if you can really do that, you can probably solve artificial intelligence.”

“Our highways and our roads are underutilized because of the allowances we have to make for human drivers.”

“I'd like to make a fundamental impact on one of the most exciting, intelligent questions of all time. Can we use software and hardware to build intelligence into a machine? Can that machine help us solve cancer? Can that machine help us solve climate change?”

“Everybody should do at least one startup sometime in life. It's such an amazing ride.”

“There are many valid concerns about AI, from its impact on jobs to its uses in autonomous weapons systems and even to the potential risk of superintelligence.”

“A lot of people are scared that machines will take over the world, machines will turn evil: the Hollywood 'Terminator' scenario.”

“The truth is that behind any AI program that works is a huge amount of, A, human ingenuity and, B, blood, sweat and tears. It's not the kind of thing that suddenly takes off like 'Her' or in 'Ex Machina.'”

“A.I. should not be weaponized, and any A.I. must have an impregnable 'off switch.'”

“When there are hiring decisions and promotion decisions to be made, people are hungry for data.”

“Driverless cars are a great thing.”

“People thrive on genuine connections - not with machines, but with each other. You don't want a robot taking care of your baby; an ailing elder needs to be loved, to be listened to, fed, and sung to. This is one job category that people are - and will continue to be - best at.”

“Infrastructure investment in science is an investment in jobs, in health, in economic growth and environmental solutions.”

“Netbot was the first comparison shopping company. We realized comparison shopping can be quite tedious if you are driving from one furniture store to another. On the Internet, you can automatically look at a bunch of different stores and see where can you get the best price on a computer or some such thing, so that was the motivation.”

“Science is going to be revolutionized by AI assistants.”