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experience machine

thought experiment about a machine that provides any pleasurable experience one wants
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experience machine

Summary

experience machine is a thought experiment[1]. It draws 287 Wikipedia views per month (thought_experiment category, ranking #17 of 56).[2]

Key Facts

  • experience machine's image is recorded as Head-mounted display and wired gloves, Ames Research Center.jpg[3].
  • experience machine's instance of is recorded as thought experiment[4].
  • experience machine's subclass of is recorded as machine[5].
  • experience machine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b8vp_[6].
  • experience machine's facet of is recorded as hedonism[7].
  • experience machine's BBC Things ID is recorded as 52739a2c-3ef8-46f9-9d41-cf8d5dcd534a[8].
  • experience machine's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11jg16pwm8[9].
  • experience machine's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777348472[10].

Why It Matters

experience machine draws 287 Wikipedia views per month (thought_experiment category, ranking #17 of 56).[2] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). experience machine. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/experience-machine
MLA “experience machine.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/experience-machine.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_experience-machine_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{experience machine}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/experience-machine}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): experience machine — https://4ort.xyz/entity/experience-machine (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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