# Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Life Are Different by Esther Dyson > "I'm thinking about the difference between artificial intelligence and artificial life." > **— Esther Dyson**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Thinking Aloud About Thinking Machines—Chemistry Vs. Electronics](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26210) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Esther Dyson; 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/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Article:** [[articles/Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession|Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Machine Intelligence Continuum|Machine Intelligence Continuum]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Co-Creative Substrate|Co-Creative Substrate]] - [[wiki/Artificial Intelligence|Artificial Intelligence]] - [[wiki/Machine Learning|Machine Learning]] - [[wiki/Deep Learning|Deep Learning]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "I'm thinking about the difference between artificial intelligence and artificial life." — Esther Dyson, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-esther-dyson-artificial-intelligence-artificial-life-different ```