# Never Grant Autonomy to Systems We Cannot Control by Thomas G Dietterich > "We must not grant autonomy to systems that we do not understand and that we cannot control." > **— Thomas G Dietterich**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [How To Create an Intelligence Explosion—And How to Prevent One](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26235) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Thomas G Dietterich; 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/AI Governance|AI Governance]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Control Problem|Control Problem]] - [[wiki/Strategic Autonomy|Strategic Autonomy]] - [[wiki/Superintelligence|Superintelligence]] - [[wiki/Artificial General Intelligence|Artificial General Intelligence]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "We must not grant autonomy to systems that we do not understand and that we cannot control." — Thomas G Dietterich, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-thomas-dietterich-never-grant-autonomy-systems-cannot ```