# Education Should Cultivate Human Strengths Instead of Machine Imitation by Joichi Ito > "Ideally, our educational system will evolve to more fully embrace our uniquely human strengths, rather than trying to shape us into second-rate machines." > **— Joichi Ito**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Beyond "The Uncanny Valley"](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26148) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Joichi Ito; 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/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] - **Article:** [[articles/STEVE|STEVE]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Technological Evolution|Technological Evolution]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Cognitive Enhancement|Cognitive Enhancement]] - [[wiki/Human Intelligence|Human Intelligence]] - [[wiki/AI|AI]] - [[wiki/Automation|Automation]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Ideally, our educational system will evolve to more fully embrace our uniquely human strengths, rather than trying to shape us into second-rate machines." — Joichi Ito, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-joichi-ito-education-cultivate-human-strengths-instead ```