# Humans Could Become Consumers of a Machine-Run World by Athena Vouloumanos > "One gloomy possibility is that we become zombie consumers of a machine-run world straight out of an apocalyptic futuristic film noir." > **— Athena Vouloumanos**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Will Machines Do Our Thinking For Us?](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26199) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Athena Vouloumanos; 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/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Article:** [[articles/Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession|Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Machine Intelligence Continuum|Machine Intelligence Continuum]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Algorithmic Systems|Algorithmic Systems]] - [[wiki/Organoid Intelligence|Organoid Intelligence]] - [[wiki/Computer Architecture|Computer Architecture]] - [[wiki/Computer Science|Computer Science]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "One gloomy possibility is that we become zombie consumers of a machine-run world straight out of an apocalyptic futuristic film noir." — Athena Vouloumanos, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-athena-vouloumanos-humans-become-consumers-machine-run ```