# The Computer Smarter Than Us Is Getting Closer by George M. Church > "I'm still looking for a computer that is intelligent, that knows more than I know. And it's getting closer." > **— George M. Church**, *2004, Harvard Magazine profile/interview* ## Sources and Context - **Full quotation and context:** [DNA as Data](https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2004/01/dna-as-data-html) — Harvard Magazine preserves Church's full statement and its computing-and-genomics context. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s|Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **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/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/George Church|George Church]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/Machine Civilization|Machine Civilization]] - [[wiki/Uploaded Intelligence|Uploaded Intelligence]] - [[wiki/Substrate-Independent Evolution|Substrate-Independent Evolution]] - [[wiki/Civilizational Handoff|Civilizational Handoff]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "I'm still looking for a computer that is intelligent, that knows more than I know. And it's getting closer." — George M. Church, 2004, Harvard Magazine profile/interview https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-george-church-computer-smarter-closer ```