# Merged Minds Could Live Multiple Simulated Lives by Clifford Pickover > "In the future, when our minds merge with artificial agents and also integrate various electronic prostheses, for each of our own real lives, we will create multiple simulated lives." > **— Clifford Pickover**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [We Will Become One](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26064) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Clifford Pickover; 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/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Closed-Loop Gaussian Sensorium Engine|The Closed-Loop Gaussian Sensorium Engine]] - **Article:** [[articles/Machine Intelligence from Cortical Networks and the Allen Institute|Machine Intelligence from Cortical Networks and the Allen Institute]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/World Simulation|World Simulation]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Virtual Human Twin|Virtual Human Twin]] - [[wiki/Counterfactual Self-Simulation|Counterfactual Self-Simulation]] - [[wiki/Experience Machine|Experience Machine]] - [[wiki/Simulated World|Simulated World]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "In the future, when our minds merge with artificial agents and also integrate various electronic prostheses, for each of our own real lives, we will create multiple simulated lives." — Clifford Pickover, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-clifford-pickover-merged-minds-live-multiple-simulated ```