# Machines Must Understand Feelings to Collaborate by Alexander Wissner-Gross > "Understanding our feelings will better enable them to achieve goals that require collaboration with us." > **— Alexander Wissner-Gross**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Engines Of Freedom](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26181) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Alexander Wissner-Gross; the linked page contains the complete response and quoted passage. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] - **Article:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Closed-Loop Gaussian Sensorium Engine|The Closed-Loop Gaussian Sensorium Engine]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Artificial Consciousness|Artificial Consciousness]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Higher-Order Agency|Higher-Order Agency]] - [[wiki/Exploring Machine Consciousness|Exploring Machine Consciousness]] - [[wiki/Free Will|Free Will]] - [[wiki/Ownership of Mind|Ownership of Mind]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Understanding our feelings will better enable them to achieve goals that require collaboration with us." — Alexander Wissner-Gross, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-alexander-gross-machines-must-understand-feelings-collaborate ```