# Autonomous AI Can Make Errors Humans Would Avoid by Peter Norvig > "If AI systems act on their own, they can make errors that perhaps would not be made by a system with a human in the loop." > **— Peter Norvig**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Ask Not Can Machines Think, Ask How Machines Fit Into The Mechanisms We Design](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26055) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Peter Norvig; 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/Strategic Autonomy|Strategic Autonomy]] - [[wiki/Decision Automation|Decision Automation]] - [[wiki/Automation Bias|Automation Bias]] - [[wiki/Accountability Mechanisms|Accountability Mechanisms]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "If AI systems act on their own, they can make errors that perhaps would not be made by a system with a human in the loop." — Peter Norvig, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-peter-norvig-autonomous-ai-make-errors-humans ```