Political Quotes

“I will deal with a third issue, an issue I first addressed on this floor in the year 2020. At that time, more than a few of my friends said: Sherman, don't talk about this. You sound like a lunatic, because I put forward the idea that either the genetic engineers or the computer engineers would create a new level of intelligence on this planet. I pointed out that the last time there was a new level of intelligence on this planet is when our ancestors said hello to Neanderthals. It did not work out well for Neanderthals. Now, I know this sounds like science fiction, but if you are thinking of the future 30 years from now and somebody paints a picture and that picture looks like some science fiction movie, then that picture may not be an accurate description of the world 30 years from now. But if somebody paints a picture of the world 30 years from now and it doesn't look like a science fiction movie, then you know it is wrong. We are going to be living in a science fiction movie. We just don't know which one. Now, at that time, I put forward the idea that there was a race between those that would create computer intelligence, self-aware perhaps, and massively exceeding human intelligence, and the possibility--not talked about much now, but given the CRISPR technology, still a possibility--that the genetic engineers would create a 1,000-pound mammal with a 50-pound brain able to beat my daughter on the law school admissions test.”