# Computers Take Jobs Even When Employers Avoid Saying So by Gregory Benford > "Plenty of people have lost jobs to computers, though it’s never put that way by the Human Resources flunky who delivers the blow." > **— Gregory Benford**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Fear Not The AI](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26207) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Gregory Benford; 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/Division of Labor|Division of Labor]] - [[wiki/Time-Oriented Labor|Time-Oriented Labor]] - [[wiki/Future Person Standard|Future Person Standard]] - [[wiki/Technology|Technology]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Plenty of people have lost jobs to computers, though it’s never put that way by the Human Resources flunky who delivers the blow." — Gregory Benford, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-gregory-benford-computers-take-jobs-when-employers ```