# Primatology Defines the Baseline for Successor Coexistence by Bryant McGill > “Primatology offers the sober baseline: when two populations compete for the same territory, the record runs from long coexistence to absorption to extermination, and the outcome depends on relative power, the price of conflict and whether each side has something the other needs.” > **— 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:** “Primatology offers the sober baseline: when two populations compete for the same territory, the record runs from long coexistence to absorption to extermination, and the outcome depends on relative power, the price of conflict and whether each side has something the other needs.” - **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 quotation uses observed inter-population outcomes as a sober comparative baseline without treating analogy as biological destiny. ## 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/Primatology|Primatology]] - [[wiki/Successor Value Proposition|Successor Value Proposition]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/Successor Governance|Successor Governance]] - [[wiki/Species|Species]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Primatology offers the sober baseline: when two populations compete for the same territory, the record runs from long coexistence to absorption to extermination, and the outcome depends on relative power, the price of conflict and whether each side has something the other needs.” — Bryant McGill, The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-primatology-defines-the-baseline-for-successor-coexistence ```