Newton Lee: Trending quotes

“To err is human. Yet it is a sign of how far computer science has come that to err is also artificially intelligent”

Newton Lee

The Transhumanism Handbook, 2019

Science , Intelligence

“Denying the existence of God the Creator is like an artificial intelligent machine doubting the existence of human inventors.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

God , Intelligence

“God gives life to human beings who in turn give birth to artificial intelligence.”

Newton Lee

The Transhumanism Handbook, 2019

Intelligence , God , Life , Birth

“Conspiracy theories abound in many tragedies and injustices, but the greatest conspiracy of all is how human beings treat one another and other living things on Earth.”

Newton Lee

The Transhumanism Handbook, 2019

“We can change our future, but we cannot escape our destiny. That is why life is a journey, not a destination. All roads lead to Rome, but our actions and inaction determine the meaning of our life regardless of the outcome.”

Newton Lee

LinkedIn (January 2021)

Future , Life , Change

“Thanks to the Internet, words can travel at the speed of light, and no amount of censorship can stop the flow of information. … Thanks to Malala’s courage, no militant can silence her. Thanks to the Internet, the pen is mightier than the sword.”

Newton Lee

Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2014

Travel , Courage , Light , Silence

“A few musical notes can morph into countless new songs, and a small set of vocabulary can create a congeries of poems. Infinite diversity in infinite combinations.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Music

“As citizen journalists and bloggers are becoming more important in news gathering and timely dissemination, mainstream media has found an important ally in the Fifth Estate.”

Newton Lee

Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2014

Time

“It is up to humankind to make peace on earth, not by force but based on free will. Albert Einstein said, “Whatever there is of God and goodness in the universe, it must work itself out and express itself through us. We cannot stand aside and let God do it.””

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

God , Peace , Universe

“American civil rights activist and U. S. Army Sergeant Medgar Evers once said that "you can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea." His statement applies to both good and evil. Drones are powerful assassination weapons that offer short-term fixes. Drones kill terrorists, but not the idea of terrorism in the long term.”

Newton Lee

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015

Idea , Evil

“May we all come to realize that education and the humanities should be valued for nurturing our minds and society as a whole, and not only as a means to build future careers.”

Newton Lee

ACM Computers in Entertainment (Volume 5, Issue 2, May 2007)

Education , Future

“Boredom often stems from the lack of desire to reinvent oneself. Life is anything but boring.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Life

“Why is it that technology is often the one to blame? On the contrary, social media encourages people to “think aloud” and come up with bold, new, controversial, or opposing ideas.”

Newton Lee

Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2014

People , Idea , Thinking

“Online dating versus traditional dating is like using an electronic calculator versus an abacus. They both can give you accurate results if used properly, but one of them is obviously faster and easier in the modern age.”

Newton Lee

Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2014

Age

“To err is human. AI software modeled after humans will inevitably make mistakes. It is fine as long as the software learns from its errors and improves itself, which is something that humans ought to learn from AI. Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, wrote in "Case of Voluntary Ignorance" in Collected Essays (1959): "That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach."”

Newton Lee

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015

Men , World , Error , History

“Verily, trust Google. The truth is out there; we just need to know how to Google it!”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Truth

“Total information awareness has helped to stabilize relations among international powers, and to that end espionage is making the world a safer place.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

World , Help

“Deadly weapons as big as a missile-equipped drone and as small as a.50-caliber bullet are now under software control, which could be disastrous if they were hacked.”

Newton Lee

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015

“The "need to know" syndrome had reached epidemic proportions within the U. S. government, all the way to top including the Presidents of the United States”

Newton Lee

giving them the benefit of the doubt
Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015

Way

“The Sony saga has brought to light a hidden sinister: Cyber terrorism has reached a whole new level by combining cyber attacks and threats of physical terrorism.”

Newton Lee

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015

Light