by Nick Bostrom


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Superintelligence asks the questions: What happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence? Will artificial agents save or destroy us? Nick Bostrom lays the foundation for understanding the future of humanity and intelligent life. The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position. If machine brains surpassed human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become extremely powerful possibly beyond our control. As the fate of the gorillas now depends on humans than on the species itself, so would the fate of humankind depend on the actions of the machine superintelligence. But we have one advantage: We get to make the first move. Will it be possible to construct a seed Artificial Intelligence, to engineer initial conditions so as to make an intelligence explosion survivable? How could one achieve a controlled detonation? This profoundly ambitious and original book breaks down a vast track of difficult intellectual terrain. After an utterly engrossing journey that takes us to the frontiers of thinking about the human condition and the future of intelligent life, we find in Nick Bostrom's work nothing less than a reconceptualization of the essential task of our time.PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

Reviews

  • Simon Smith

    This book tackles an important issue, and helped bring it to a wider audience (especially once Elon Musk recommended it). It also seems to have helped spark actions like the creation of OpenAI to address some of the concerns. This said, I feel like many people who purchased

  • JordanMcKinney

    This may sound like hyperbole, but I think this question of AI safety is the most important issue in the history of life on Earth. Bostrom gives a very thorough description of the myriad ways that this can go very badly for us. I was very much an AI optimist/Utopian before

  • Andrew

    Great subject matter and organization of the thoughts. I thought it was overly formal in its writing at times it felt like I was reading a very, very long journal publication. Despite this, the exhaustive coverage made it worth the effort.

  • Simon Vermette

    Bravo réflexion intéressante

  • Geoffrey Kerr

    Not an easy read. Some gratuitous use of big words. Important themes discussed with impressive depth of thought. Highly recommended.

  • Gerald

    One of the best books to train your mind. A must have. Read it on the subway and in the bus and train your mind to do incredible things.

  • Howard

    While the hypothesis of Bostrom (et al he is not the only one with these ideas) seems a bit unreasonable at first, ie, the inevitability of the development of superintelligence (ie, once the train gets to the level of human intelligence no reason for it to stop there but

  • Chillyfinger

    Pure fantasy. Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is a fantasy concept, like faster than light travel Once you assume that such a thing is possible, a world of fantastic possibilities opens up. In the case of AGI, the fantasy is that sooner or later or