# The Christmas They Built a Thinking Machine by Herbert A. Simon > "Over Christmas, Allen Newell and I created a thinking machine." > **— Herbert A. Simon**, *1956 recollection, CMU archives attribution* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: 1956 recollection, CMU archives attribution. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Article:** [[articles/Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession|Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/Uploading Is Imminent|Uploading Is Imminent]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/Machine Civilization|Machine Civilization]] - [[wiki/Uploaded Intelligence|Uploaded Intelligence]] - [[wiki/Substrate-Independent Evolution|Substrate-Independent Evolution]] - [[wiki/Civilizational Handoff|Civilizational Handoff]] - [[wiki/Infrastructure Ecology|Infrastructure Ecology]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Over Christmas, Allen Newell and I created a thinking machine." — Herbert A. Simon, 1956 recollection, CMU archives attribution https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-herbert-simon-christmas-built-thinking-machine ```