# Hybrid Human-Machine Chimeras Are Coming by Maria Spiropulu > "In the meantime I foresee the emergence of hybrid human-machine chimeras: human-born beings augmented with new machine abilities that enhance all or most of their human capacities, pleasures and psychological needs." > **— Maria Spiropulu**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Towards The Emergence Of Hybrid Human-Machine Chimeras](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26233) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Maria Spiropulu; 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/Extended Mind Thesis|Extended Mind Thesis]] - [[wiki/Brain-Computer Interfaces|Brain-Computer Interfaces]] - [[wiki/Neurotechnology Ecosystem|Neurotechnology Ecosystem]] - [[wiki/Machine Intelligence Continuum|Machine Intelligence Continuum]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "In the meantime I foresee the emergence of hybrid human-machine chimeras: human-born beings augmented with new machine abilities that enhance all or most of their human capacities, pleasures and psychological needs." — Maria Spiropulu, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-maria-spiropulu-hybrid-human-machine-chimeras-coming ```