# The Lasting Peace of the Intelligence Age Requires More Than Powerful Machines by Bryant McGill > “The lasting peace of the intelligence age will not be secured by possessing the most powerful machines alone. It will depend upon building a world in which the underlying architecture of those machines makes security, restraint, cooperation, and civilizational survival more achievable than their alternatives.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Jensen Huang, NVIDIA, Pax Silica, and the Peace We Are Building Into Silicon, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Original authored source:** [[articles/NVIDIA, Pax Silica, and the Peace We Are Building Into Silicon|Jensen Huang, NVIDIA, Pax Silica, and the Peace We Are Building Into Silicon]] (November 2026). - **Exact marked source:** “The lasting peace of the intelligence age will not be secured by possessing the most powerful machines alone. It will depend upon building a world in which the underlying architecture of those machines makes security, restraint, cooperation, and civilizational survival more achievable than their alternatives.” - **Editorial treatment:** The Reminder reproduces the complete rendered extraction surface without alteration; article emphasis is not part of the poster text. - **Context:** The conclusion defines durable peace as an architectural preference for security, restraint, cooperation, and survival rather than possession of capability alone. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/US-Israel Leadership Alliance|US–Israel Leadership Alliance]] - **Article:** [[articles/NVIDIA, Pax Silica, and the Peace We Are Building Into Silicon|Jensen Huang, NVIDIA, Pax Silica, and the Peace We Are Building Into Silicon]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/The American-Israeli Cooperative You Were Trained Not to See|The American-Israeli Cooperative You Were Trained Not to See]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Pax Silica|Pax Silica]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Pax Silica|Pax Silica]] - [[wiki/AI Safety|AI Safety]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The lasting peace of the intelligence age will not be secured by possessing the most powerful machines alone. It will depend upon building a world in which the underlying architecture of those machines makes security, restraint, cooperation, and civilizational survival more achievable than their alternatives.” — Bryant McGill, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-the-lasting-peace-of-the-intelligence-age-requires-more-than-powerful-machines-by-bryant-mcgill ```