# Hybrid Intelligence Could Outlive Planetary Lifecycles by Dimitar D. Sasselov > "If our future is to be long and prosperous, then we need to develop artificial intelligence systems, in the hope to transcend the planetary lifecycles in some sort of hybrid form of biology and machine." > **— Dimitar D. Sasselov**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [AI is I](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26237) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Dimitar D. Sasselov; the linked page contains the complete response and quoted passage. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/MARS|MARS]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **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/Exobiology|Exobiology]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Exobiology|Exobiology]] - [[wiki/SETI Institute|SETI Institute]] - [[wiki/Deep-Time Future Generations|Deep-Time Future Generations]] - [[wiki/Narrative Intelligence|Narrative Intelligence]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "If our future is to be long and prosperous, then we need to develop artificial intelligence systems, in the hope to transcend the planetary lifecycles in some sort of hybrid form of biology and machine." — Dimitar D. Sasselov, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-dimitar-sasselov-hybrid-intelligence-outlive-planetary-lifecycles ```