# A Century of Science in Months Will Make Nobel Prizes Obsolete by Alexander Wissner-Gross > "We should expect Nobel Prize–worthy work [from AI-driven science]. The natural question becomes: what is Nobel Prize–worthy in an era when a thousand Nobel Prizes can be produced in a year? If a century of human progress arrives within a few months, Nobel Prizes may have to recognize larger bodies of work." > **— Alexander Wissner-Gross**, *MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Recording or publication:** [MOONSHOTS Live at 45:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk7hdOwJj4&t=2714s) — 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/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower]] - **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/Accelerated Science|Accelerated Science]] - [[wiki/AI-Driven Biology|AI-Driven Biology]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "We should expect Nobel Prize–worthy work [from AI-driven science]. The natural question becomes: what is Nobel Prize–worthy in an era when a thousand Nobel Prizes can be produced in a year? If a century of human progress arrives within a few months, Nobel Prizes may have to recognize larger bodies of work." — Alexander Wissner-Gross, MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-alexander-wissner-gross-century-science-months-make-nobel-prizes ```