# The Odds of Survival by I. J. Good > "The survival of man depends on the early construction of an ultraintelligent machine." > **— I. J. Good**, *Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machine (1965), attribution clue* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machine (1965), attribution clue. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/MARS|MARS]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Artificial General Intelligence|Artificial General Intelligence]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/Alignment Problem|Alignment Problem]] - [[wiki/State-Dependent Catastrophe|State-Dependent Catastrophe]] - [[wiki/AI Coordination Systems|AI Coordination Systems]] - [[wiki/Marsification|Marsification]] - [[wiki/Operational Autonomy|Operational Autonomy]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "The survival of man depends on the early construction of an ultraintelligent machine." — I. J. Good, Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machine (1965), attribution clue https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-ij-good-odds-survival ```