The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to be, the slaves, instead of the masters of men.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In consequence of inventing machines, men will be devoured by them.
The more we reduce ourselves to machines in the lower things, the more force we shall set free to use in the higher.
As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man.
Man will never be enslaved by machinery if the man tending the machine be paid enough.
In the twenty-first century, the robot will take the place which slave labor occupied in ancient civilization.
We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.
Because of the increased efficiency of machines, it is getting harder and harder for a human to make a productive contribution to society.
You cannot afford a world with slavery, which literally takes someone and turns them into a machine.
Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railroads, machines, mines, and raw materials. Destroy everything else. Then return to work. Work must not cease.
If we are machines, then in principle at least, we should be able to build machines out of other stuff, which are just as alive as we are.