# Intelligence as World-Shaping Power by Stuart Russell > "Intelligence really means the power to shape the world in your interests." > **— Stuart Russell**, *2023, UC Berkeley interview* ## Sources and Context - **Editorial boundary repair:** The previous readable excerpt was "Intelligence really means the power to shape the world in your interests". Its initial capitalization and/or terminal punctuation is now adjusted for standalone reading; no wording or substantive qualification was added. The linked source above remains the publication audit trail. - **Full quotation and context:** [Stuart Russell calls for a new approach to civilization-ending AI risk](https://news.berkeley.edu/2023/04/07/stuart-russell-calls-for-new-approach-for-ai-a-civilization-ending-technology/) — Berkeley's interview supplies Russell's definition of intelligence in context. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] - **Article:** [[articles/Humans and AIs as Entangled Learning Systems|Humans and AIs as Entangled Learning Systems]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Artificial Intelligence|Artificial Intelligence]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Alignment Problem|Alignment Problem]] - [[wiki/AI Coordination Systems|AI Coordination Systems]] - [[wiki/Control Theory|Control Theory]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/OpenAI Frontier|OpenAI Frontier]] - [[wiki/AI Narrative Systems|AI Narrative Systems]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Intelligence really means the power to shape the world in your interests." — Stuart Russell, 2023, UC Berkeley interview https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-stuart-russell-intelligence-world-shaping-power ```