# We Depend on Algorithms We Do Not Understand by Nicholas G. Carr > "As individuals and as a society, we increasingly depend on artificial-intelligence algorithms that we don't understand." > **— Nicholas G. Carr**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [A Crisis of Control](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26130) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Nicholas G. Carr; 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/Automation Bias|Automation Bias]] - [[wiki/Computational Governance|Computational Governance]] - [[wiki/Accountability Mechanisms|Accountability Mechanisms]] - [[wiki/Alignment Drift|Alignment Drift]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "As individuals and as a society, we increasingly depend on artificial-intelligence algorithms that we don't understand." — Nicholas G. Carr, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-nicholas-carr-depend-algorithms-not-understand ```