# Succession to Digital Intelligence Is Inevitable by Richard Sutton > “I do think succession to digital intelligence or augmented humans is inevitable.” > **— Richard Sutton**, *Dwarkesh Podcast, 2025* ## Sources and Context - **Published source:** [Dwarkesh Podcast, 2025](https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/richard-sutton) — direct or near-primary publication carrying the attributed statement. - **Article placement:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]] quotes this statement in its analysis of AI danger, public competence, strategic acceleration and machine succession. - **Editorial treatment:** The Reminder reproduces the complete contiguous wording quoted in the article without substantive alteration. - **Context:** Sutton states machine or augmented-human succession as an engineering trajectory rather than a literary metaphor. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse|Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/AI Transition Governance|AI Transition Governance]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Richard Sutton|Richard Sutton]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/Successor Governance|Successor Governance]] - [[wiki/Digital Intelligence|Digital Intelligence]] - [[wiki/Reinforcement Learning|Reinforcement Learning]] - [[wiki/Transhumanism|Transhumanism]] - [[wiki/Human-Machine Symbiosis|Human-Machine Symbiosis]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “I do think succession to digital intelligence or augmented humans is inevitable.” — Richard Sutton, Dwarkesh Podcast, 2025 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-richard-sutton-succession-to-digital-intelligence-is-inevitable ```