# The Machine That Designs Its Successor by I. J. Good > "Since the design of machines is one of these intellectual activities, an ultraintelligent machine could design even better machines; there would then unquestionably be an “intelligence explosion,” and the intelligence of man would be left far behind." > **— I. J. Good**, *Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machine (1965)* Verification Status: Verified against the 1965 paper preserved in Virginia Tech’s institutional repository. ## Sources and Context - **Primary source:** [I. J. Good, “Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machine” (1965)](https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/items/5085379d-b24c-424e-8861-e70a47b4b2fb/full). - **Locator:** Section 2, “Ultraintelligent Machines and Their Value,” opening paragraph. - **Editorial record:** The Reminder reproduces one complete contiguous source sentence from the repository copy. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **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]] - **Article:** [[articles/Uploading Is Imminent|Uploading Is Imminent]] - **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/Distributed Intention|Distributed Intention]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Since the design of machines is one of these intellectual activities, an ultraintelligent machine could design even better machines; there would then unquestionably be an “intelligence explosion,” and the intelligence of man would be left far behind." — I. J. Good, Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machine (1965) https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-ij-good-machine-designs-successor ```