# The Last Invention Humanity May Ever Need by I. J. Good > "Thus the first ultraintelligent machine is the last invention that man need ever make, provided that the machine is docile enough to tell us how to keep it under control." > **— I. J. Good**, *1965, Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machine* ## Sources and Context - **Exact original source passage:** "Thus the first ultraintelligent machine is the last invention that man need ever make, provided that the machine is docile enough to tell us how to keep it under control." - **Editorial repair and evidence:** Restores Good's control proviso from his 1965 paper. [Direct source](https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/bitstreams/a5e423ee-54e0-4eec-aeca-32b73f851af5/download). No timecode is asserted. - **Primary publication:** [I. J. Good, “Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machine” (1965), Virginia Tech reprint](https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/bitstreams/a5e423ee-54e0-4eec-aeca-32b73f851af5/download), section 2, p. 33. The proviso about keeping the machine under control is part of the same sentence. - **Later quotation:** [Situational Awareness](https://situational-awareness.ai/www/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/situationalawareness.pdf?stream=top) reproduces Good’s shorter line; the primary paper controls the complete wording. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/Uploading Is Imminent|Uploading Is Imminent]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] ## Related Topics - [[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]] - [[wiki/Civilizational Payload|Civilizational Payload]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Thus the first ultraintelligent machine is the last invention that man need ever make, provided that the machine is docile enough to tell us how to keep it under control." — I. J. Good, 1965, Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machine https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-ij-good-last-invention-humanity ```