# Machines May Never Read Human Thoughts by Gerald Smallberg > "My experience as a clinical neurologist makes me partial to believing that we will be unable to read machines' thoughts, but also they will be incapable of reading ours." > **— Gerald Smallberg**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Machines Will Always Lack Feeling Or Emotion](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26118) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Gerald Smallberg; 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/Functionalism|Functionalism]] - [[wiki/Self-Model Ensemble|Self-Model Ensemble]] - [[wiki/Mind Dominance|Mind Dominance]] - [[wiki/Nonhuman Intelligence|Nonhuman Intelligence]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "My experience as a clinical neurologist makes me partial to believing that we will be unable to read machines' thoughts, but also they will be incapable of reading ours." — Gerald Smallberg, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-gerald-smallberg-machines-never-read-human-thoughts ```