“The weapon gave a rusty croak. ‘I don’t normally do weather reports an...” — A.R. Merrydew Quote

“The weapon gave a rusty croak. ‘I don’t normally do weather reports anymore,’ the gun informed him politely.”

“Frankly, even with my penchant for AI based Science Fiction novels, these current events only bolster my vision of our future here on planet Earth. We are teetering on the edge of not having one.”

“Steve shook his head in amazement. ‘If that GOD person hadn’t left that case, we wouldn’t have any of this.’”

“There are no rules, no deadlines, no guarantees, only the lessons your soul needs to learn.”

“This book is dedicated to those in life whom I have met and by virtue of those encounters, have helped to shape the content herein.”

“Some experts worry that future AI could prioritize its own goals over human safety, leading to unintended and irreversible consequences.”

“It Begins with skepticism. The history of human folly, and our own susceptibility to illusions and fallacies, tell us that men and women are fallible.”

“In big science, the role of the individual scientist must be carefully preserved. So is the one of original ideas and of contributions.”

“The brain, which operates on electromagnetic impulses, is as much an activity of the universe as are the electromagnetic storms in the atmosphere or on a distant star. Therefore science is one form of electromagnetism that spends it time studying another form…science is god explaining god through a human nervous system…isn’t spirituality the same thing?”

“When it comes to the things that people really want in science fiction - like space travel - the simplest things end up causing them not to happen. Humans are 100-pound bags of water, built to live on Earth.”

“The richest 1 percent of the world's population are responsible for more than twice as much carbon pollution as the people who make up the poorest half of humanity.”