# Can We Improve on Four Billion Years of Evolution by Kate Jeffery > "Taking on the mantle of creation is an immense act of hubris. Can we do better than four billion years of evolution did with us?" > **— Kate Jeffery**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [In Our Own Image](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26252) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Kate Jeffery; 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/Darwinian Evolution|Darwinian Evolution]] - [[wiki/Major Evolutionary Transitions|Major Evolutionary Transitions]] - [[wiki/Cultural Evolution|Cultural Evolution]] - [[wiki/Artificial Selection|Artificial Selection]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Taking on the mantle of creation is an immense act of hubris. Can we do better than four billion years of evolution did with us?" — Kate Jeffery, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-kate-jeffery-improve-four-billion-years-evolution ```