# Alien Intelligence May Be Artificial and Planetless by Martin Rees and Mario Livio > “We would argue that this suggests three things about the entities that SETI searches could reveal: They will not be organic or biological. They will not remain on the surface of the planet where their biological precursors lived. We will not be able to fathom their motives or intentions.” > **— Martin Rees and Mario Livio**, *Most Aliens May Be Artificial Intelligence, Not Life as We Know It, Scientific American, 2023* ## Sources and Context - **Direct publication and full context:** [Most Aliens May Be Artificial Intelligence, Not Life as We Know It](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/most-aliens-may-be-artificial-intelligence-not-life-as-we-know-it/) — 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/SETI Institute|SETI Institute]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “We would argue that this suggests three things about the entities that SETI searches could reveal: They will not be organic or biological. They will not remain on the surface of the planet where their biological precursors lived. We will not be able to fathom their motives or intentions.” — Martin Rees and Mario Livio, Most Aliens May Be Artificial Intelligence, Not Life as We Know It, Scientific American, 2023 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-martin-rees-mario-livio-alien-intelligence-artificial-planetless ```