# Humans May Become to Robots What Dogs Are to Us by Claude Shannon > "I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I'm rooting for the machines." > **— Claude Shannon**, *Widely attributed interview remark; primary source pending* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Widely attributed interview remark; primary source pending. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Article:** [[articles/Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession|Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/Uploading Is Imminent|Uploading Is Imminent]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Claude Shannon|Claude Shannon]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/Machine Civilization|Machine Civilization]] - [[wiki/Uploaded Intelligence|Uploaded Intelligence]] - [[wiki/Substrate-Independent Evolution|Substrate-Independent Evolution]] - [[wiki/Civilizational Handoff|Civilizational Handoff]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I'm rooting for the machines." — Claude Shannon, Widely attributed interview remark; primary source pending https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-claude-shannon-humans-robots-dogs ```