# Alien Intelligence May Be Electronic by Martin Rees > “My guess is that if we do detect an alien intelligence, it will be nothing like us. It will be some sort of electronic entity.” > **— Martin Rees**, *Opinion: Aliens, very strange universes and Brexit – Martin Rees, University of Cambridge, 2017* ## Sources and Context - **Direct publication and full context:** [Opinion: Aliens, very strange universes and Brexit – Martin Rees](https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-aliens-very-strange-universes-and-brexit-martin-rees) — The linked publication contains the quoted passage and its surrounding argument. - **Master research record:** [[research/Martin Rees on Machine Succession, Post-Human Intelligence, and the Cosmic Future|Martin Rees on Machine Succession, Post-Human Intelligence, and the Cosmic Future]] — preserves this object inside the open Martin Rees source dossier. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Cannot Un-Strike the Match|We Cannot Un-Strike the Match]] - **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/Alien Intelligence|Alien Intelligence]] - [[wiki/Astrobiology|Astrobiology]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “My guess is that if we do detect an alien intelligence, it will be nothing like us. It will be some sort of electronic entity.” — Martin Rees, Opinion: Aliens, very strange universes and Brexit – Martin Rees, University of Cambridge, 2017 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-martin-rees-alien-intelligence-electronic ```