# Embedded Computers Leave Trails for AI to Analyze by Ross Anderson > "What's changing as computers become embedded invisibly everywhere is that we all now leave a digital trail that can be analysed by AI systems." > **— Ross Anderson**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [He Who Pays The AI, Calls The Tune](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26069) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Ross Anderson; the linked page contains the complete response and quoted passage. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]] - **Article:** [[articles/STEVE|STEVE]] - **Article:** [[articles/Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s|Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Information Architecture|Information Architecture]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Digital Phenotyping|Digital Phenotyping]] - [[wiki/Big Data Project|Big Data Project]] - [[wiki/Surveillance|Surveillance]] - [[wiki/Information Architecture|Information Architecture]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "What's changing as computers become embedded invisibly everywhere is that we all now leave a digital trail that can be analysed by AI systems." — Ross Anderson, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-ross-anderson-embedded-computers-leave-trails-ai ```