# There Is No Safe Second Place in the Superintelligence Race by Bryant McGill > “In the superintelligence race there is no version of safety in which a nation arrives second.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Team Tech USA, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Original authored source:** [[collections/Team Tech USA|Team Tech USA Collection]], “The technology front line” (2026). - **Public source and attribution:** [Team Tech USA — The Technology Front Line](https://TeamTechUSA.com) — the quotation above the American Knowledge Router reproduces the exact sentence and attributes it to Bryant McGill. - **Editorial treatment:** The Reminder reproduces the complete marked extraction without alteration. - **Context:** The sentence states the national consequence of competitive superintelligence development: a nation cannot treat second place as a stable safety position. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Team Tech USA|Team Tech USA]] - **Collection:** [[collections/American Infrastructure|American Infrastructure]] - **Collection:** [[collections/US-Israel Leadership Alliance|US–Israel Leadership Alliance]] - **Article:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Gigawatt Is the New Measure of War|The Gigawatt Is the New Measure of War]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Political Party That Inherits Super Intelligence in 2028|The Political Party That Inherits Super Intelligence in 2028]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/AI Superpower|AI Superpower]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/AI Capability, Competition, and Constraints|AI Capability, Competition, and Constraints]] - [[wiki/Strategic Competition|Strategic Competition]] - [[wiki/National Compute Capacity|National Compute Capacity]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “In the superintelligence race there is no version of safety in which a nation arrives second.” — Bryant McGill, Team Tech USA, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-no-safe-second-place-superintelligence-race ```