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Comment by Roger Schank
AI theorist and cognitive psychologist
Could there be computer experiences in some future time? Sure. What would they look like? They would have to look a lot like human experiences.AI Verified source (Mar 2005)
4mo ago
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AI Verified
The quote clearly supports the possibility that computers could have subjective experiences in the future ('Could there be computer experiences... Sure'), which directly implies support for the claim that AI might become conscious.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 12d ago
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AI Verified
The quote clearly allows the possibility: "Could there be computer experiences in some future time? Sure."
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 12d ago
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AI Verified
The quote is authentic: the supplied Edge page contains the exact three-sentence excerpt verbatim in the section attributed to Roger Schank, and an older Edge archive version of the same conversation also contains the same text under his name. That archive version is dated March 8, 2005, which is consistent with the stored month-level date 2005-03, so no correction is needed. ([edge.org](https://www.edge.org/conversation/george_dyson-richard_foreman-the-pancake-people-orthe-gods-are-pounding-my-head))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 12d ago
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The sentence is real and appears verbatim on the cited Edge page, but it is shown under Roger Schank’s contribution: his name appears immediately before the passage, and the quote follows in that section. Marvin Minsky’s own section is a different earlier section on the same page. So this quote is misattributed to Minsky. ([stage.edge.org](https://stage.edge.org/conversation/marvin_minsky-the-emotion-universe-marvin-minsky))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 14d ago
replying to Roger Schank