One thing that humans still do better than computers is recognize images.
In my view, the fact that computers caught up to humans and completely dominate humans in chess and some other domains already, that says there's evidence that, yes, in principle, they can be better programmers than humans.
There are some things we do much better than computers, but since most of chess is tactically based they do many things better than humans. And this imbalance remains. I no longer have any issues. It's bit like asking an astronomer, does he mind that a telescope does all the work. He is used to it. It is just an incredible tool that you can use.
Techno-humanism aims to amplify the power of humans, creating cyborgs and connecting humans to computers, but it still sees human interests and desires as the highest authority in the universe.
As a society I think we are going to be much better off by having machines that can work in conjunction with humans to do things more efficiently and even better in some cases. That will 'enable humans to do things that they do better than machines.
Many things are better for silence than for speech: others are better for speech than for stationery.
Computers can do better than ever what needn't be done at all. Making sense is still a human monopoly.
The largest and most powerful computers are still no match for the smallest and weakest humans.
Humans who see something different than them want to hate it and tear it down. Britain had a government policy that allowed prejudice to destroy someone's life, and today there is still homophobia at home and elsewhere, like Russia or Greece. It's still a relevant discussion. While women have it better than the 1940s or '50s, sexism is still prevalent.
Because I believe that humans are computers, I conjectured that computers, like people, can have left- and right-handed versions.
I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But I think always to tell the truth in a sometimes blatant way, even though it might be temporarily unpopular, is the best approach.
I don't look at computers as opponents. For me it is much more interesting to beat humans.
Do what's good for humans, modeled on how humans already do things; ignore what's convenient for computers.
I'm defending free speech pretty much all over the place because you still have freedom of speech.
You better not mess with chimps. They are much stronger than humans.
Almost every profession I look at where you require human labor or you require intelligence, I see computers being able to do better than us within the next 10 years. I'm talking about a mass replacement of humans with artificial intelligence and robots.