# Human Downloads Could Compete With AI by Frank Tipler > "A human download can think as fast as an AI, and compete with AI's if the human download wants too." > **— Frank Tipler**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [AI's Will Save Us All](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26107) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Frank Tipler; the linked page contains the complete response and quoted passage. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] - **Article:** [[articles/Uploading Is Imminent|Uploading Is Imminent]] - **Article:** [[articles/Escape Hatch in the Skull|Escape Hatch in the Skull]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Mind Uploading|Mind Uploading]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Digital Replica|Digital Replica]] - [[wiki/Post-Biological Embodiment|Post-Biological Embodiment]] - [[wiki/Functional Digital Twin|Functional Digital Twin]] - [[wiki/Cross-Substrate Agency Attribution|Cross-Substrate Agency Attribution]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "A human download can think as fast as an AI, and compete with AI's if the human download wants too." — Frank Tipler, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-frank-tipler-human-downloads-compete-ai ```