# Michael Kratsios **Entity class:** Person **Domain:** Artificial intelligence / technological transformation **Maturity:** Developing ## Overview **Michael Kratsios** is United States science and technology official whose 2026 statements frame superintelligence as a national opportunity for growth, prosperity, sovereignty, and responsible development. This node preserves the person’s propositions in context and routes them into the technical, economic, and social concepts they illuminate. ## Knowledge-Graph Role The quotations below are not treated as detachable celebrity remarks. Each is connected to the mechanism it describes, the source in which it appeared, and the broader ontology required to evaluate its implications. ## Relationships - [[wiki/Artificial Intelligence|Artificial Intelligence]] - [[wiki/AI Economy|AI Economy]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > "For 250 years, the American character has sought a virtuous balance between innovation and safety, independence and security. Superintelligence is the latest in that long series of challenges and opportunities. In the service of humankind, it can become the greatest engine of growth and prosperity in history." > **— Michael Kratsios**, *United States intervention at the United Nations Security Council, September 2026* [[reminders/Abundance/Superintelligence Can Become the Greatest Engine of Prosperity in History by Michael Kratsios|Superintelligence Can Become the Greatest Engine of Prosperity in History by Michael Kratsios]]