Stephen Hawking Quotes About Computers

Quotes about: Computers

• Although I cannot move, and I have to speak through a computer, in my mind, I am free.

  Stephen Hawking

  Moving, Mind, Computer

  TV Series "Curiosity" ("Did God Create the Universe?", 2011), www.imdb.com. (2011– ).

• I think computer viruses should count as life ... I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.

  Stephen Hawking

  Science, Technology, Thinking

  Speech at Macworld Expo in Boston, as quoted in "The Daily News", August 4, 1994.

• There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

  Stephen Hawking

  Dark, Fairy Stories, Afterlife

  "Stephen Hawking: 'There is no heaven; it's a fairy story'". Interview with Ian Sample, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2011.

• I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first. I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

  Stephen Hawking

  Death, Suicide, Dark

  "Stephen Hawking: 'There is no heaven; it's a fairy story'". Interview with Ian Sample, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2011.

• Whether you want to uncover the secrets of the universe, or you just want to pursue a career in the 21st century, basic computer programming is an essential skill to learn

  Stephen Hawking

  Skills, Careers, Secret

• I think the brain is essentially a computer and consciousness is like a computer program. It will cease to run when the computer is turned off. Theoretically, it could be re-created on a neural network, but that would be very difficult, as it would require all one's memories.

  Stephen Hawking

  Running, Memories, Thinking

• Unless mankind redesigns itself by changing our DNA through altering our genetic makeup, computer-genera ted robots will take over our world.

  Stephen Hawking

  Makeup, Our World, Dna

• With genetic engineering, we will be able to increase the complexity of our DNA, and improve the human race. But it will be a slow process, because one will have to wait about 18 years to see the effect of changes to the genetic code. By contrast, computers double their speed and memories every 18 months. There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over. We urgently need to develop direct connections to the brain so that computers can add to human intelligence rather than be in opposition.

  Stephen Hawking

  Memories, Real, Race

  Interview with Roger Highfield, www.telegraph.co.uk. October 18, 2001.

• There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over. We urgently need to develop direct connections to the brain so that computers can add to human intelligence rather than be in opposition.

  Stephen Hawking

  Real, Brain, Connections

• Computer viruses are alive.

  Stephen Hawking

  Viruses, Alive, Computer

• I think computer viruses should count as life.

  Stephen Hawking

  Thinking, Viruses, Aliens

  Speech at Macworld Expo in Boston, August 4, 1994.

• Now, radical forward thinking is offering hope for the future: Replacement body parts to order. A team of scientists in California believe that if you can design them on a computer, you should be able to print them out.

  Stephen Hawking

  Team, Believe, Thinking

• We've created life in our own image.

  Stephen Hawking

  Viruses, Computer, Funny Computer

  "The Daily News" Newspaper, August 4, 1994.

• There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over.

  Stephen Hawking

  Real, Computer, Danger

  Interview with Roger Highfield, www.telegraph.co.uk. October 18, 2001.

• Just like a computer, we must remember things in the order in which entropy increases. This makes the second law of thermodynamics almost trivial. Disorder increases with time because we measure time in the direction in which disorder increases. You can't have a safer bet than that!

  Stephen Hawking

  Order, Law, Remember

  Stephen W. Hawking (1990). “A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes”, Bantam

• Computers double their performance every month.

  Stephen Hawking

  Months, Computer, Performances

  "Alter our DNA or robots will take over, warns Hawking" by Nick Paton Walsh, www.theguardian.com. September 2, 2001.

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