# Thinking Machines May Not Arrive Soon by Freeman Dyson > "I do not believe that machines that think exist, or that they are likely to exist in the foreseeable future." > **— Freeman Dyson**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [I Could Be Wrong](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26254) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Freeman Dyson; 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/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Article:** [[articles/Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession|Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Machine Intelligence Continuum|Machine Intelligence Continuum]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Behavioral Prediction|Behavioral Prediction]] - [[wiki/Prediction Is Not Jurisdiction|Prediction Is Not Jurisdiction]] - [[wiki/Deep-Time Future Generations|Deep-Time Future Generations]] - [[wiki/Machine Intelligence Continuum|Machine Intelligence Continuum]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "I do not believe that machines that think exist, or that they are likely to exist in the foreseeable future." — Freeman Dyson, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-freeman-dyson-thinking-machines-not-arrive-soon ```