The evolution of our “thinking machines” appears to map on to the evolution of our thinking from sensorimotor type thought using concrete objects, to binary forms of computation, to nonbinary quantum computing. As we developed computers, first we developed those that use the binary logic of yes/no decisions; then we developed quantum computers which turned out to be extremely powerful for addressing much more complex multi-dimensional problems extremely rapidly. We eventually began to appreciate networked intelligence and distributed cognition in our “thinking machines”, moving our thinking about thinking machines into a nonbinary dimension.