When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.
The three fundamental Rules of Robotics...One: a robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm...Two:..a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law...Three: a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First and Second Laws.
There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.
I do not fear computers. I fear lack of them.
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.
If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.
A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.
I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.
I'm not a speed reader. I'm a speed understander.
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. . .