# Self-Monitoring May Never Become Self-Awareness by Bruce Parker > "A machine may be able to self-monitor what decisions it has made, but it may never attain human-like self awareness and consciousness." > **— Bruce Parker**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Grandchildren, If-Then Statements, And Artificial (Natural) Selection](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26218) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Bruce Parker; 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/Self-Awareness|Self-Awareness]] - [[wiki/Darwinian Evolution|Darwinian Evolution]] - [[wiki/Bicameral Mind Architecture|Bicameral Mind Architecture]] - [[wiki/Higher-Order Agency|Higher-Order Agency]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "A machine may be able to self-monitor what decisions it has made, but it may never attain human-like self awareness and consciousness." — Bruce Parker, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bruce-parker-self-monitoring-never-become-self ```