# Rumors of AGI Could Make Humanity Panic by Sam Harris > "Mere rumors of an AGI might cause our species to go berserk." > **— Sam Harris**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Can We Avoid a Digital Apocalypse?](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26177) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Sam Harris; the linked page contains the complete response and quoted passage. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/MARS|MARS]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **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]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/AI Safety|AI Safety]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Human Condition|Human Condition]] - [[wiki/Future Person Standard|Future Person Standard]] - [[wiki/Planned Obsolescence of Humanity|Planned Obsolescence of Humanity]] - [[wiki/Synthetic Entity Termination Risk|Synthetic Entity Termination Risk]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Mere rumors of an AGI might cause our species to go berserk." — Sam Harris, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-sam-harris-rumors-agi-make-humanity-panic ```