# Machine Learning Could Make Modern Life More Efficient by Laurence C. Smith > "Looking ahead, I could live with a partnership with machine learning in order to make complex modern life more resource-efficient in a way that human brains cannot." > **— Laurence C. Smith**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [After The Plug](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26206) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Laurence C. Smith; 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/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Article:** [[articles/Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession|Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Machine Intelligence Continuum|Machine Intelligence Continuum]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Machine Learning|Machine Learning]] - [[wiki/Deep Learning|Deep Learning]] - [[wiki/Algorithmic Systems|Algorithmic Systems]] - [[wiki/Computational Biology|Computational Biology]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Looking ahead, I could live with a partnership with machine learning in order to make complex modern life more resource-efficient in a way that human brains cannot." — Laurence C. Smith, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-laurence-smith-machine-learning-make-modern-life ```