# AI Will Reproduce Compete and Evolve by Donald D. Hoffman > "As our computing resources expand and become better connected, more niches will appear in which AIs can reproduce, compete and evolve." > **— Donald D. Hoffman**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Evolving AI](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26036) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Donald D. Hoffman; 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/Evolvable AI|Evolvable AI]] - [[wiki/Evolutionary Dynamics|Evolutionary Dynamics]] - [[wiki/Artificial Life|Artificial Life]] - [[wiki/Computational Ecology|Computational Ecology]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "As our computing resources expand and become better connected, more niches will appear in which AIs can reproduce, compete and evolve." — Donald D. Hoffman, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-donald-hoffman-ai-reproduce-compete-evolve ```