# Networks May Become the Most Radical Machine Intelligence by Matt Ridley > "In the future, network phenomena like block-chains, the technology behind crypto-currencies, may be the route to the most radical examples of machine intelligence." > **— Matt Ridley**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Among The Machines, Not Within The Machines](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26229) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Matt Ridley; 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/Behavioral Prediction|Behavioral Prediction]] - [[wiki/Prediction Is Not Jurisdiction|Prediction Is Not Jurisdiction]] - [[wiki/Blockchain|Blockchain]] - [[wiki/Cryptocurrency|Cryptocurrency]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "In the future, network phenomena like block-chains, the technology behind crypto-currencies, may be the route to the most radical examples of machine intelligence." — Matt Ridley, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-matt-ridley-networks-become-most-radical-machine ```