# Machine Intelligence May Develop Consciousness by Martin Rees > “The second question is whether [machine intelligence] necessarily implies consciousness—or whether [consciousness] is limited to the wet intelligence we have within our skulls. Most people would argue that [consciousness] is an emergent property and could develop in a machine mind.” > **— 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. Square brackets transparently restore referents established by the surrounding source. - **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/Machine Consciousness|Machine Consciousness]] - [[wiki/Artificial Consciousness|Artificial Consciousness]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The second question is whether [machine intelligence] necessarily implies consciousness—or whether [consciousness] is limited to the wet intelligence we have within our skulls. Most people would argue that [consciousness] is an emergent property and could develop in a machine mind.” — Martin Rees, Opinion: Aliens, very strange universes and Brexit – Martin Rees, University of Cambridge, 2017 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-martin-rees-machine-intelligence-develop-consciousness ```