---
id: "quote-everything-engine"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["§ The Everything Engine Needs Your Data"]
tags: ["data", "sensors"]
related: ["concept-advanced-sensors", "claim-sensor-ubiquity"]
speaker: "Amy Webb"
speakers: ["Amy Webb"]
quote: "If AI is the everything engine, that engine needs data. Most likely, much of that data will come from advanced sensors and a network of interconnected devices that communicates and exchanges data to facilitate and fuel the advancement of AI."
sources: ["futures"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-futures"
originDay: 2
articleStem: "hbr-foci-73-living-intelligence"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2025/01/why-living-intelligence-is-the-next-big-thing"
sourceTitle: "Why “Living Intelligence” Is the Next Big Thing"
---
# The Everything Engine

> "If AI is the everything engine, that engine needs data. Most likely, much of that data will come from advanced sensors and a network of interconnected devices that communicates and exchanges data to facilitate and fuel the advancement of AI."
> — [[entity-amy-webb|Amy Webb]]

**Context:** Names the core dependency of advanced AI on continuous, real-world data collection via [[concept-advanced-sensors|advanced sensors]]. This is the source of the "everything engine" metaphor and the backbone of [[claim-sensor-ubiquity]].