# Thinking Machines Must Experience Values and Intimacy by Andrés Roemer > "In order to achieve the dream for thinking machines, they will have to understand and question values, suffer internal conflicts, and experience intimacy." > **— Andrés Roemer**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Tulips On My Robot's Tomb](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26167) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Andrés Roemer; 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/Design for Dignity|Design for Dignity]] - [[wiki/Machine-Executable Policy|Machine-Executable Policy]] - [[wiki/Center for Autonomy|Center for Autonomy]] - [[wiki/Decision Automation|Decision Automation]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "In order to achieve the dream for thinking machines, they will have to understand and question values, suffer internal conflicts, and experience intimacy." — Andrés Roemer, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-andres-roemer-thinking-machines-must-experience-values ```