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title: "9 People Machines Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [People are machines of forgetfulness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-barbusse/people-are-machines-of-forgetfulness/)

[Henri Barbusse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-barbusse/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c72/henri-barbusse-12416_computers_people-are-machines-of-forgetfulness-160_1607430.png)

> [People are not machines. And we have to respect that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-conte/people-are-not-machines-and-we-have-to-respect-that/)

[Jack Conte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-conte/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/456/jack-conte-5709_computers_people-are-not-machines-and-we-have-to-r_1815359.jpg)

> [“The industrial model is gone. People are more than machines.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-norton/the-industrial-model-is-gone-people-are-more-than-machines/)

[Richie Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-norton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/376/richie-norton-1514_ai_the-industrial-model-is-gone-people-are_560099.jpg)

> [The key relationships in the future will not be between people, but between machines and people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-keen/the-key-relationships-in-the-future-will-not-be-between-people-but/)

[Andrew Keen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-keen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/444/andrew-keen-36006_computers_the-key-relationships-in-the-future-will_2408864.png)

> [People talk about "job creation," as if that had ever been the aim the industrial economy. The aim was to replace people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-berry/people-talk-about-job-creation-as-if-that-had-ever-been-the-aim-the/)

[Wendell Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendell-berry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f8/wendell-berry-236_aim_people-talk-about-job-creation-as-if-tha_2617507.jpg)

> [People are not machines, but in all situations where they are given the opportunity, they will act like machines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-bertalanffy/people-are-not-machines-but-in-all-situations-where-they-are-given/)

[Ludwig von Bertalanffy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-bertalanffy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/254/ludwig-von-bertalanffy-48191_computers_people-are-not-machines-but-in-all-situa_2411026.jpg)

> [We're dumber and less cognitively nimble if we're not around other people - and, now, other machines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-thompson/we-re-dumber-and-less-cognitively-nimble-if-we-re-not-around-other/)

[Clive Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-thompson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8e/clive-thompson-15484_around_we-re-dumber-and-less-cognitively-nimble_1654873.png)

> [“So this is the development that will make a difference: a method for groups of people and machines to work together to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/so-this-is-the-development-that-will-make-a-difference-a-method-for/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d96/anonymous-1_computers_so-this-is-the-development-that-will-mak_886060.jpg)

> [I genuinely think in the future there'll be so many AIs and stuff that they'll start to become like real people. Machines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raye/i-genuinely-think-in-the-future-there-ll-be-so-many-ais-and-stuff/)

[Raye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raye/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/177/raye-6306_ai_i-genuinely-think-in-the-future-there-ll_1723185.jpg)

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