# AI Researchers Could Create Armies of Paranoid Machines by Frank Wilczek > "Without careful restraint and tact, researchers could wake up to discover they've enabled the creation of armies of powerful, clever, vicious paranoiacs." > **— Frank Wilczek**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Three Observations on Artificial Intelligence](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26039) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Frank Wilczek; 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/AI Safety|AI Safety]] - [[wiki/Control Problem|Control Problem]] - [[wiki/Reciprocal AI Ethics|Reciprocal AI Ethics]] - [[wiki/Strategic Autonomy|Strategic Autonomy]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Without careful restraint and tact, researchers could wake up to discover they've enabled the creation of armies of powerful, clever, vicious paranoiacs." — Frank Wilczek, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-frank-wilczek-ai-researchers-create-armies-paranoid ```