# Immaterial Science Could Build a Thinking Machine by Koo Jeong A > "We can step up to immaterial science, then make an immaterial thinkable machine by starting a very simple manual to program." > **— Koo Jeong A**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Untitled response](https://www.edge.org/annual-question/what-do-you-think-about-machines-that-think) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Koo Jeong A; 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/Computational Theory|Computational Theory]] - [[wiki/Universal Computation|Universal Computation]] - [[wiki/Symbolic AI|Symbolic AI]] - [[wiki/Philosophy of Mind|Philosophy of Mind]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "We can step up to immaterial science, then make an immaterial thinkable machine by starting a very simple manual to program." — Koo Jeong A, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-koo-jeong-immaterial-science-build-thinking-machine ```