“A lot of people are scared that machines will take over the world, mac...” — Oren Etzioni Quote

“A lot of people are scared that machines will take over the world, machines will turn evil: the Hollywood 'Terminator' scenario.”

“I'm not so worried about super-intelligence and 'Terminator' scenarios. Frankly I think those are quite farfetched.”

“Machine learning is looking for patterns in data. If you start with racist data, you will end up with even more racist models. This is a real problem.”

“I like evil people.”

“'Star Wars' is mythology. It's like Greek mythology or Shakespeare. It's the story of good versus evil over a very long span of time. The storytelling is universal and timeless.”

“Evil is not something superhuman, it's something less than human.”