# Machines Can Learn and Evolve Faster Than Humans by Dirk Helbing > "Intelligent machines don't need to be programmed anymore, they can learn and evolve by themselves, at a speed much faster than human intelligence progresses." > **— Dirk Helbing**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Distributed Collective Intelligence: The Network Of Ideas](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26194) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Dirk Helbing; 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/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] - **Article:** [[articles/STEVE|STEVE]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Technological Evolution|Technological Evolution]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Collective Intelligence|Collective Intelligence]] - [[wiki/Coupled Minds and Collective Cognition|Coupled Minds and Collective Cognition]] - [[wiki/Network Effects|Network Effects]] - [[wiki/Artificial Selection|Artificial Selection]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Intelligent machines don't need to be programmed anymore, they can learn and evolve by themselves, at a speed much faster than human intelligence progresses." — Dirk Helbing, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-dirk-helbing-machines-learn-evolve-faster-humans ```