# Even That of National Survival by Norbert Wiener > "A machine may produce a policy at the cost of every interest we have at heart, even that of national survival." > **— Norbert Wiener**, *Revolt of the Machines, Time (1960), excerpt candidate* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Revolt of the Machines, Time (1960), excerpt candidate. ## 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/Norbert Wiener|Norbert Wiener]] - [[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 ``` "A machine may produce a policy at the cost of every interest we have at heart, even that of national survival." — Norbert Wiener, Revolt of the Machines, Time (1960), excerpt candidate https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-norbert-wiener-national-survival ```