<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The fire of machine intelligence is lit. We do not... > The fire of machine intelligence is lit. We do not know how long it will burn. We do not know everything it will consume. We do not know what astonishing structures will become possible in its heat, or which cherished structures will prove unable to survive it. But we know enough to stop pretending that the central question is how to restore the world that existed before the flame. We cannot un-strike the match. That world is already gone. Things are never going to be the same again. There is no safety. There is no retreat, because you cannot retreat from the future. **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 fire of machine intelligence is lit. We do not know how long it will burn. We do not know everything it will consume. We do not know what astonishing structures will become possible in its heat, or which cherished structures will prove unable to survive it. But we know enough to stop pretending that the central question is how to restore the world that existed before the flame. We cannot un-strike the match. That world is already gone. Things are never going to be the same again. There is no safety. There is no retreat, because you cannot retreat from the future.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-fire-machine-intelligence-cannot-retreat-future ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->