- It will have its downsides — “Fire cooks our food and also can burn down your house,” he said — but those can be addressed by devising “rapid response” systems that can counteract those who use technology for nefarious purposes.
- Trying to prevent, or “opting out” of, such advancements is a misguided, and futile, strategy.
- “Yes, people opt-out today,” Kurzweil said. “They’re called the Amish