# Machines Will Evolve to Fulfill Human Desires by Randolph Nesse > "However, until our brains coevolve with machines, our preferences will be the selection force. The machines that best satisfy them will evolve further, not to some singularity, but to become partners who fulfill our desires, for better or worse." > **— Randolph Nesse**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Will Thinking Machines Evolve To Be As Wonderful As Dogs?](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26111) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Randolph Nesse; 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/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] - **Article:** [[articles/STEVE|STEVE]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Technological Evolution|Technological Evolution]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Evolutionary Algorithms|Evolutionary Algorithms]] - [[wiki/Evolutionary Computation|Evolutionary Computation]] - [[wiki/Evolutionary Dynamics|Evolutionary Dynamics]] - [[wiki/Evolutionary Theory|Evolutionary Theory]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "However, until our brains coevolve with machines, our preferences will be the selection force. The machines that best satisfy them will evolve further, not to some singularity, but to become partners who fulfill our desires, for better or worse." — Randolph Nesse, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-randolph-nesse-machines-evolve-fulfill-human-desires ```