# We Are Becoming Parts of a Larger Thinking Machine by Susan Blackmore > "I think that from being a little independent thinking machine I am becoming a tiny part inside a far vaster thinking machine." > **— Susan Blackmore**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [The Next Replicator](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26041) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Susan Blackmore; 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/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Closed-Loop Gaussian Sensorium Engine|The Closed-Loop Gaussian Sensorium Engine]] - **Article:** [[articles/Machine Intelligence from Cortical Networks and the Allen Institute|Machine Intelligence from Cortical Networks and the Allen Institute]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/World Simulation|World Simulation]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Functional Digital Twin|Functional Digital Twin]] - [[wiki/Executable Brain Model|Executable Brain Model]] - [[wiki/AI-based population simulation|AI-based population simulation]] - [[wiki/Experience Machine|Experience Machine]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "I think that from being a little independent thinking machine I am becoming a tiny part inside a far vaster thinking machine." — Susan Blackmore, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-susan-blackmore-becoming-parts-larger-thinking-machine ```