# Conscious Machines Will Develop Personalities by Kai Krause > "If true consciousness may emerge—let's be clear what that could entail: If the machine is truly aware—it will by definition develop "a personality"." > **— Kai Krause**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [An Uncanny Three-Ring Test For "Machina Sapiens"](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26133) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Kai Krause; 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/Recursive Self-Model|Recursive Self-Model]] - [[wiki/Self-Model Ensemble|Self-Model Ensemble]] - [[wiki/Global Workspace Theory|Global Workspace Theory]] - [[wiki/Society of Mind|Society of Mind]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "If true consciousness may emerge—let's be clear what that could entail: If the machine is truly aware—it will by definition develop "a personality"." — Kai Krause, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-kai-krause-conscious-machines-develop-personalities ```