# The Minute Before and After Artificial Superintelligence by Bruno Giussani
> “How much time will pass between the last minute before artificial superintelligence and the first minute after it?”
> **— Bruno Giussani**, *2018, Edge Annual Question, “WHAT IS THE LAST QUESTION?”*
## Sources and Context
- **Direct Edge response and surrounding essay:** [The Last Question](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27572) — Edge published this exact, continuous passage in its 2018 Annual Question collection, *WHAT IS THE LAST QUESTION?*. The response page preserves the surrounding argument and qualifications.
- **Complete local collection index:** [[research/Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation]] — retained source-first record for the response cohort and this passage's promotion status.
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“How much time will pass between the last minute before artificial superintelligence and the first minute after it?”
— Bruno Giussani, 2018, Edge Annual Question, “WHAT IS THE LAST QUESTION?”
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