# Artificial Intelligence Is Being Built Inside Us by Quentin Hardy > "We are building new intelligent beings, but we are building them within ourselves. It is only artificial now, because it is new. As it becomes dominant, it will simply become intelligence." > **— Quentin Hardy**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [The Beasts of A.I. Island](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26061) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Quentin Hardy; 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/Human-Machine Symbiosis|Human-Machine Symbiosis]] - [[wiki/Extended Mind Thesis|Extended Mind Thesis]] - [[wiki/Cognitive Enhancement|Cognitive Enhancement]] - [[wiki/Technological Embodiment|Technological Embodiment]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "We are building new intelligent beings, but we are building them within ourselves. It is only artificial now, because it is new. As it becomes dominant, it will simply become intelligence." — Quentin Hardy, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-quentin-hardy-artificial-intelligence-built-inside ```