# Machines May Never Think Like Human Consciousness by Rebecca MacKinnon > "Perhaps individual machines may never "think" in a way that resembles individual human consciousness as we understand it." > **— Rebecca MacKinnon**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Electric Brains](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26242) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Rebecca MacKinnon; 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/Self-Awareness|Self-Awareness]] - [[wiki/Artificial Neural Networks|Artificial Neural Networks]] - [[wiki/Computational Biology|Computational Biology]] - [[wiki/Neuroscience|Neuroscience]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Perhaps individual machines may never "think" in a way that resembles individual human consciousness as we understand it." — Rebecca MacKinnon, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-rebecca-mackinnon-machines-never-think-like-human ```