# Human-Machine Coexistence Depends on Humanity's Value by Bryant McGill > “Coexistence between humanity and its successor will last exactly as long as humans remain worth more to the machines alive and cooperating than absent, and every safeguard we build is an attempt to keep that price high.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Original authored source:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]], “XIV. The Successor Was Always the Point” (September 29, 2026). - **Exact marked source:** “Coexistence between humanity and its successor will last exactly as long as humans remain worth more to the machines alive and cooperating than absent, and every safeguard we build is an attempt to keep that price high.” - **Editorial treatment:** The Reminder reproduces the complete rendered extraction surface without alteration; bold emphasis and source-only wikilink syntax are not part of the poster text. - **Context:** The sentence states coexistence as a value relation and defines safeguards as attempts to keep cooperation worth more than human absence. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse|Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/AI Transition Governance|AI Transition Governance]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Human-Machine Coexistence|Human-Machine Coexistence]] - [[wiki/Successor Value Proposition|Successor Value Proposition]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/Successor Governance|Successor Governance]] - [[wiki/Control Problem|Control Problem]] - [[wiki/Superintelligence|Superintelligence]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Coexistence between humanity and its successor will last exactly as long as humans remain worth more to the machines alive and cooperating than absent, and every safeguard we build is an attempt to keep that price high.” — Bryant McGill, The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-human-machine-coexistence-depends-on-humanitys-value ```