# Once Intelligent Beings Achieve Technology by Carl Sagan > "Once intelligent beings achieve technology and the capacity for self-destruction, the selective advantage of intelligence becomes more uncertain." > **— Carl Sagan**, *Broca's Brain / intelligence discussion, source verification pending* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Broca's Brain / intelligence discussion, source verification pending. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/MARS|MARS]] - **Article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession|Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Artificial General Intelligence|Artificial General Intelligence]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Carl Sagan|Carl Sagan]] - [[wiki/Psychological Continuity|Psychological Continuity]] - [[wiki/Personal Identity|Personal Identity]] - [[wiki/Alignment Problem|Alignment Problem]] - [[wiki/State-Dependent Catastrophe|State-Dependent Catastrophe]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Once intelligent beings achieve technology and the capacity for self-destruction, the selective advantage of intelligence becomes more uncertain." — Carl Sagan, Broca's Brain / intelligence discussion, source verification pending https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-carl-sagan-intelligent-beings-achieve-technology ```