# Mistaking Performance For Competence Misleads Estimates Of AIs 21st Century Promise And Danger by Rodney A. Brooks > "A human player can make generalizations and describe why certain types of moves are good, and use that to teach a human player." > **— Rodney A. Brooks**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Mistaking Performance For Competence Misleads Estimates Of AI's 21st Century Promise And Danger](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26057) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Rodney A. Brooks; 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/Epistemic Humility|Epistemic Humility]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/AI Benchmarking|AI Benchmarking]] - [[wiki/Model Error|Model Error]] - [[wiki/AI Effect|AI Effect]] - [[wiki/Epistemic Humility|Epistemic Humility]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "A human player can make generalizations and describe why certain types of moves are good, and use that to teach a human player." — Rodney A. Brooks, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-rodney-brooks-mistaking-performance-competence-misleads-estimates ```