# Self-Interested Machines Could Become Repressive by Mark Pagel > "Were we to allow or even encourage self-interest to emerge in machines, they could eventually become like us: capable of repressive or worse, unspeakable, acts towards humans, and towards each other." > **— Mark Pagel**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Machines That Can Think Will Do More Good Than Harm](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26038) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Mark Pagel; 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/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s|Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s]] - **Article:** [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/AI Governance|AI Governance]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/AI Safety|AI Safety]] - [[wiki/AI Moral Status|AI Moral Status]] - [[wiki/Strategic Autonomy|Strategic Autonomy]] - [[wiki/Moral Accountability Layer|Moral Accountability Layer]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Were we to allow or even encourage self-interest to emerge in machines, they could eventually become like us: capable of repressive or worse, unspeakable, acts towards humans, and towards each other." — Mark Pagel, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-mark-pagel-self-interested-machines-become-repressive ```