# A Fifty-Fifty Chance of Survival by Martin Rees > "The odds are no better than fifty-fifty that our present civilization will survive to the end of this century." > **— Martin Rees**, *Our Final Century (2003), widely cited thesis* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Our Final Century (2003), widely cited thesis. ## 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/Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession|Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession]] - **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/Alignment Problem|Alignment Problem]] - [[wiki/State-Dependent Catastrophe|State-Dependent Catastrophe]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/AI Coordination Systems|AI Coordination Systems]] - [[wiki/Marsification|Marsification]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "The odds are no better than fifty-fifty that our present civilization will survive to the end of this century." — Martin Rees, Our Final Century (2003), widely cited thesis https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-martin-rees-fifty-chance-survival ```