consciousness

"All the classic definitions people want to use just don’t work. They don’t work in all cases."

"The universe is far larger in time than it is in space, and this planet is one of the biggest things in the universe."

"I think life is the process of how information structures matter over time and space, and an example of life is what emerges on a planet and yields an open-ended cascade of generation of structure and increasing complexity."

"I think if assembly theory is an accurate depiction of the physics of life, it should shed a lot of light on those problems."

"Consciousness is far more important and valuable than intelligence."

"Machines that are superhuman, in their abilities to create intimate relationships, this is psychological and social weapons of mass destruction."

"The more powerful the technology, the greater both the positive and the negative outcomes."

"I think the entire universe is just a giant mystery. I guess that’s what motivates me as a scientist."