# Machinery Was Already Begetting Machinery by Samuel Butler > "It is true that machinery is even at this present time employed in begetting machinery, in becoming the parent of machines often after its own kind." > **— Samuel Butler**, *1863, “Darwin Among the Machines,” The Press, Christchurch* ## Sources and Context - **Full source:** [Samuel Butler, “Darwin Among the Machines,” collected-text transcription](https://www.thetedkarchive.com/library/samuel-butler-darwin-among-the-machines). Butler points to machines used to manufacture other machines, not to autonomous reproduction by a completed machine lineage. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Self-Replicating System|Self-Replicating System]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Darwin Among the Machines|Darwin Among the Machines]] - [[wiki/Self-Replicating System|Self-Replicating System]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "It is true that machinery is even at this present time employed in begetting machinery, in becoming the parent of machines often after its own kind." — Samuel Butler, 1863, “Darwin Among the Machines,” The Press, Christchurch https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-butler-machinery-begetting-machinery ```