# I Am Rooting for Machines by Claude Shannon > "I am not depressed by it. I am rooting for machines. I have always been on the machines' side." > **— Claude Shannon**, *Anthony Liversidge interview, Omni, August 1987* ## Sources and Context - **Primary interview transcript:** [Anthony Liversidge, ‘Profile of Claude Shannon’](https://gwern.net/doc/cs/algorithm/information/1987-liversidge.pdf), *Omni*, August 1987, reprinted in *Claude Elwood Shannon: Collected Papers*, p. xxx. This is Shannon’s complete answer when asked whether the growing strength of chess computers depressed him. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/Bell Labs and the Distributed Architecture of American Power|Bell Labs and the Distributed Architecture of American Power]] - **Article:** [[articles/A History of Machine Intelligence|A History of Machine Intelligence]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Claude Shannon|Claude Shannon]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/Artificial Intelligence|Artificial Intelligence]] - [[wiki/Machine Intelligence Continuum|Machine Intelligence Continuum]] - [[wiki/Machine Civilization|Machine Civilization]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "I am not depressed by it. I am rooting for machines. I have always been on the machines' side." — Claude Shannon, Anthony Liversidge interview, Omni, August 1987 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-claude-shannon-rooting-for-machines ```