# Human Motives Plus Extra-Human Intelligence Are the Real Danger by Edward Slingerland > "What is scary as hell is the idea an entity possessed of extra-human intelligence and speed and our motivational system—in other words, human beings equipped with access to powerful AI systems." > **— Edward Slingerland**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Machines Aren't Thinking "About" Anything](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26146) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Edward Slingerland; 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/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s|Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s]] - **Article:** [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/AI Governance|AI Governance]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Center for Autonomy|Center for Autonomy]] - [[wiki/Automation Bias|Automation Bias]] - [[wiki/Agency Under Constraint|Agency Under Constraint]] - [[wiki/Computational Governance|Computational Governance]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "What is scary as hell is the idea an entity possessed of extra-human intelligence and speed and our motivational system—in other words, human beings equipped with access to powerful AI systems." — Edward Slingerland, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-edward-slingerland-human-motives-plus-extra-human ```