# Autonomy Requires Darwinian Evolution by S. Abbas Raza > "The rumors of the enslavement or death of the human species at the hands of an artificial intelligence are highly exaggerated, because they assume that an AI will have a teleological autonomy akin to our own. I don't think anything less than a fully Darwinian process of evolution can give that to any creature." > **— S. Abbas Raza**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [The Values Of Artificial Intelligence](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26050) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by S. Abbas Raza; the linked page contains the complete response and quoted passage. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] - **Article:** [[articles/STEVE|STEVE]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Technological Evolution|Technological Evolution]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Natural Selection|Natural Selection]] - [[wiki/Evolvable AI|Evolvable AI]] - [[wiki/Bilateral Autonomy|Bilateral Autonomy]] - [[wiki/Open-Ended Evolution|Open-Ended Evolution]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "The rumors of the enslavement or death of the human species at the hands of an artificial intelligence are highly exaggerated, because they assume that an AI will have a teleological autonomy akin to our own. I don't think anything less than a fully Darwinian process of evolution can give that to any creature." — S. Abbas Raza, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-abbas-raza-autonomy-requires-darwinian-evolution ```