Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) said at a House Science Committe meeting Wednesday that based on the opinions of experts, there is reason to believe that in about 25 years a supercomputer will be built that “exceeds human intelligence,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

Sherman said he hopes that some of the future researchers that the bills would cultivate will be steered toward the potentially emerging field of making sure that the super-intelligent computers “avoid self-awareness … and ambition.”

To which Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-N.Y.) responded: “My grandson has a Gameboy that exceeds my intelligence.”

The Science and Mathematics Education for Competitiveness Act would fund NSF’s Math and Science Partnerships program, which matches colleges with schools to develop science curricula and teachers.