I. J. Good Quotes

• Let an ultraintelligent machine be defined as a machine that can far surpass all the intellectual activities of any man however clever. Since the design of machines is one of these intellectual activities, an ultraintelligent machine could design even better machines; there would then unquestionably be an 'intelligence explosion,' and the intelligence of man would be left far behind. Thus the first ultraintelligent machine is the last invention that man need ever make.

  I. J. Good

  Clever, Men, Design

  "Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machine". Advances in Computers, vol. 6, 1965.

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• The older we become, the more important it is to use what we know rather
  than learn more.

  I. J. Good

  Important, Use, Knows

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• When discussing complex systems like brains and other societies, it is easy to oversimplify: I call this Occam's lobotomy.

  I. J. Good

  Simplicity, Brain, Lobotomy

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• There may be occasions when it is best to behave irrationally, but whether there are should be decided rationally.

  I. J. Good

  May, Should, Behave

  "Good Thinking: The Foundations of Probability and Its Applications" by I. J. Good, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 1983.

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• The subjectivist states his judgements, whereas the objectivist sweeps them under the carpet by calling assumptions knowledge, and he basks in the glorious objectivity of science.

  I. J. Good

  Objectivity, Judgement, Calling

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