“We often attribute 'understanding' and other cognitive predicates by m...” — John Searle Quote

“We often attribute 'understanding' and other cognitive predicates by metaphor and analogy to cars, adding machines, and other artifacts, but nothing is proved by such attributions.”

“In many cases it is a matter for decision and not a simple matter of fact whether x understands y; and so on.”

“Berkeley had a liberal element in the student body who tended to be quite active. I think that's in general a feature of intellectually active places.”

“I was literally in the car every day on my way home from school trying to hurry up and get the homework done so I could just go home and watch the cartoons and not be bothered.”

“As we put autonomous cars on the road, connect Alexas to our lights and our thermostats, put ill-protected Internet-connected video cameras on our houses, and conduct our financial lives over our cell phones, our vulnerabilities expand exponentially.”

“The car is a big part of it, but you need to be a good driver to get the equipment to the top. You need both.”