<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The arrival of machine intelligence feels... > The arrival of machine intelligence feels apocalyptic even if the apocalypse turns out not to be annihilation but transformation, because apocalypse in its older meaning is an unveiling: a disclosure that the order we mistook for permanence was merely one temporary arrangement among many possible arrangements. **Source:** [[articles/We Cannot Un-Strike the Match|We Cannot Un-Strike the Match. There Is No Safety. There Is No Retreat.]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The arrival of machine intelligence feels apocalyptic even if the apocalypse turns out not to be annihilation but transformation, because apocalypse in its older meaning is an unveiling: a disclosure that the order we mistook for permanence was merely one temporary arrangement among many possible arrangements.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-arrival-machine-intelligence-among-possible-arrangements ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->