# The Next AI Generation Will Improve Its Own Software by Steve Omohundro > "The next generation will be able to explicitly create and improve their own software and are likely to self-improve rapidly." > **— Steve Omohundro**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [2014—A Turning Point in AI And Robotics](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26220) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Steve Omohundro; 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/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]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Machine Intelligence Continuum|Machine Intelligence Continuum]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Embodied AI|Embodied AI]] - [[wiki/Robotics|Robotics]] - [[wiki/Technological Embodiment|Technological Embodiment]] - [[wiki/Machine Social Layer|Machine Social Layer]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "The next generation will be able to explicitly create and improve their own software and are likely to self-improve rapidly." — Steve Omohundro, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-steve-omohundro-next-ai-generation-improve-software ```