# Anticipation Is Worth Protecting From Prediction by Christine Finn > "Would I want a machine to tell me precisely when and what was going to appear? No thanks. The anticipation is a vital part of the moment." > **— Christine Finn**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [The Wonder Of Anticipation](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26193) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Christine Finn; 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/Prediction Is Not Jurisdiction|Prediction Is Not Jurisdiction]] - [[wiki/Counterfactual Opportunity|Counterfactual Opportunity]] - [[wiki/Counterfactual Reasoning|Counterfactual Reasoning]] - [[wiki/Probabilistic Futures|Probabilistic Futures]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Would I want a machine to tell me precisely when and what was going to appear? No thanks. The anticipation is a vital part of the moment." — Christine Finn, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-christine-finn-anticipation-worth-protecting-prediction ```