# AI Models Only the Parts of Thought We Understand by Roger Schank
> "AI people try to build models of the parts we do understand."
> **— Roger Schank**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”*
## Sources and Context
- **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Machines That Think Are In The Movies](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26037) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Roger Schank; the linked page contains the complete response and quoted passage.
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"AI people try to build models of the parts we do understand."
— Roger Schank, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”
https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-roger-schank-ai-models-only-parts-thought
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