# We Should Take Pride in Alien Machine Intelligence by Samuel Arbesman > "We can respond similarly to our future technological creations, these thinking machines we might not fully understand. Rather than fear or worry, we should have naches from them." > **— Samuel Arbesman**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** ["Naches" from our Machines](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26117) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Samuel Arbesman; 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/Nonhuman Intelligence|Nonhuman Intelligence]] - [[wiki/Epistemic Status Separation|Epistemic Status Separation]] - [[wiki/AI Moral Status|AI Moral Status]] - [[wiki/Future Person Standard|Future Person Standard]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "We can respond similarly to our future technological creations, these thinking machines we might not fully understand. Rather than fear or worry, we should have naches from them." — Samuel Arbesman, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-samuel-arbesman-take-pride-alien-machine-intelligence ```