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“An ultraintelligent machine could design even better machines,” he wrote. “There would then unquestionably be an ‘intelligence explosion,’ and the intelligence of man would be left far behind. Thus the first ultraintelligent machine is the last invention that man need ever make, provided that the machine is docile enough to tell us how to keep it under control. It is curious that this point is made so seldom outside of science fiction. It is sometimes worthwhile to take science fiction seriously.”

Lang og grundig feature i The New Yorker.

Også altid værd at konsultere: Nicks konversation med Sam Harris

The Doomsday Invention

Will artificial intelligence bring us utopia or destruction?

Making Sense Podcast #151 - Will We Destroy the Future? | Sam Harris

In this episode of the Making Sense podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Nick Bostrom about the problem of existential risk. They discuss public goods, "the vulnerable world hypothesis," the history of nuclear deterrence, "turnkey totalitarianism," the Doomsday...