# Optimal Last Words Before the Intelligence Explosion

Author: Zack M. Davis
Originally published: 2013-09-04
Category: asides
Tags: intelligence explosion
Canonical URL: https://zackmdavis.net/blog/2013/Sep/optimal-last-words-before-the-intelligence-explosion/

"I've heard of [_dei ex machinis_](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/deus_ex_machina#Noun), but this is ridiculous!"