# Machine Decisions Already Control Savings and Lives by Benjamin K. Bergen > "The real issue is the decisions we're empowering them to make. More and more, the decisions machines make are consequential. People's savings depend on them. So do their lives." > **— Benjamin K. Bergen**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Moral Machines](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26208) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Benjamin K. Bergen; 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/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s|Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s]] - **Article:** [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/AI Governance|AI Governance]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Moral Accountability Layer|Moral Accountability Layer]] - [[wiki/Constitutional Value Injection|Constitutional Value Injection]] - [[wiki/Design for Dignity|Design for Dignity]] - [[wiki/Algorithmic Governance|Algorithmic Governance]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "The real issue is the decisions we're empowering them to make. More and more, the decisions machines make are consequential. People's savings depend on them. So do their lives." — Benjamin K. Bergen, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-benjamin-bergen-machine-decisions-already-control-savings ```