# Immortal Machines May Not Need Reproduction by Kevin P. Hand > "Reproduction, which is a subset of the resource needs, becomes a non-issue for an immortal machine that can perform self-repair." > **— Kevin P. Hand**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [The Superintelligent Loner](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26189) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Kevin P. Hand; 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/Artificial Selection|Artificial Selection]] - [[wiki/Evolutionary Algorithms|Evolutionary Algorithms]] - [[wiki/Human Evolution|Human Evolution]] - [[wiki/Evolutionary Computation|Evolutionary Computation]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Reproduction, which is a subset of the resource needs, becomes a non-issue for an immortal machine that can perform self-repair." — Kevin P. Hand, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-kevin-hand-immortal-machines-not-need-reproduction ```