# Capping Machine Intelligence Means Burning the Minds by Alexander Wissner-Gross > "Putting a statutory cap on intelligence, aside from being a terrible idea, is an evil idea. It is tantamount to capping human intelligence. The story of dystopias in science fiction is: burn the books and burn the minds." > **— Alexander Wissner-Gross**, *MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Recording or publication:** [MOONSHOTS Live at 28:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk7hdOwJj4&t=1710s) — The poster preserves the complete source object used in the research dossier; square brackets or ellipses, when present, are visible editorial repairs inherited from the reconciled source record. - **Reconciled source dossier:** [[research/Jensen Pushes Back on Doomers Moonshots Live|Jensen Pushes Back on Doomers Moonshots Live]] — preserves transcript order, speaker attribution, editorial conventions, and the surrounding argument from which this Reminder was promoted. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic|AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Alexander Wissner-Gross|Alexander Wissner-Gross]] - [[wiki/Intelligence Cap|Intelligence Cap]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Putting a statutory cap on intelligence, aside from being a terrible idea, is an evil idea. It is tantamount to capping human intelligence. The story of dystopias in science fiction is: burn the books and burn the minds." — Alexander Wissner-Gross, MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-alexander-wissner-gross-capping-machine-intelligence-means-burning-minds ```