# Once AI Reaches Human Intelligence, It May Roar Past Us by Ray Kurzweil > "Once a computer achieves human intelligence it will necessarily roar past it." > **— Ray Kurzweil**, *The Age of Spiritual Machines (1999)* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: The Age of Spiritual Machines (1999). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Article:** [[articles/Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession|Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/Uploading Is Imminent|Uploading Is Imminent]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Ray Kurzweil|Ray Kurzweil]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/Machine Civilization|Machine Civilization]] - [[wiki/Uploaded Intelligence|Uploaded Intelligence]] - [[wiki/Substrate-Independent Evolution|Substrate-Independent Evolution]] - [[wiki/Civilizational Handoff|Civilizational Handoff]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Once a computer achieves human intelligence it will necessarily roar past it." — Ray Kurzweil, The Age of Spiritual Machines (1999) https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-ray-kurzweil-ai-human-roar-past ```