Similar to the monthly Rationality Quotes threads, this is a thread for memorable quotes about Artificial General Intelligence.
- Please post all quotes separately, so that they can be voted up/down separately. (If they are strongly related, reply to your own comments. If strongly ordered, then go ahead and post them together.)
- Do not quote yourself.
- Do not quote comments/posts on LW/OB.
If the submarine only "swims" when a human tells it to, I think this is the sense intended by saying a submarine doesn't really swim any more than a scuba tank breathes under water. People "swim" with the aid of a submarine.