# Intelligence May Be Too Imprecise to Artificially Reproduce by Ernst Pöppel > "Taken together there is nothing like "intelligence" which can be extracted as a precise concept and which can be used as a reference for "artificial intelligence"." > **— Ernst Pöppel**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [An Extraterrestrial Observation About Human Hubris](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26090) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Ernst Pöppel; 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/Epistemic Humility|Epistemic Humility]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Intelligence|Intelligence]] - [[wiki/Epistemic Status Separation|Epistemic Status Separation]] - [[wiki/Model Error|Model Error]] - [[wiki/Cognitive Science|Cognitive Science]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Taken together there is nothing like "intelligence" which can be extracted as a precise concept and which can be used as a reference for "artificial intelligence"." — Ernst Pöppel, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-ernst-poppel-intelligence-too-imprecise-artificially-reproduce ```