# Men Will Set the Goals by J. C. R. Licklider > "Men will set the goals, formulate the hypotheses, determine the criteria, and perform the evaluations." > **— J. C. R. Licklider**, *Man-Computer Symbiosis (1960)* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Man-Computer Symbiosis (1960). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s|Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Artificial Intelligence|Artificial Intelligence]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/J. C. R. Licklider|J. C. R. Licklider]] - [[wiki/Alignment Problem|Alignment Problem]] - [[wiki/AI Coordination Systems|AI Coordination Systems]] - [[wiki/Control Theory|Control Theory]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/OpenAI Frontier|OpenAI Frontier]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Men will set the goals, formulate the hypotheses, determine the criteria, and perform the evaluations." — J. C. R. Licklider, Man-Computer Symbiosis (1960) https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-jcr-licklider-men-set-goals ```