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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Nick Bostrom |
| ISBN: | 9780199678112 0199678111 |
| OCLC Number: | 857786110 |
| Description: | xvi, 328 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents: | 1. Past developments and present capabilities -- 2. Paths to superintelligence -- 3. Forms of superintelligence -- 4. The kinetics of an intelligence explosion -- 5. Decisive strategic advantage -- 6. Cognitive superpowers -- 7. The superintelligent will -- 8. Is the default outcome doom? -- 9. The control problem -- 10. Oracles, genies, sovereigns, tools -- 11. Multipolar scenarios -- 12. Acquiring values -- 13. Choosing the criteria for choosing -- 14. The strategic picture -- 15. Crunch time. |
| Responsibility: | Nick Bostrom, Director, Future of Humanity Institute, Professor, Faculty of Philosophy & Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford. |
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I highly recommend this book Bill Gates Nick Bostrom makes a persuasive case that the future impact of AI is perhaps the most important issue the human race has ever faced. Instead of passively drifting, we need to steer a course. Superintelligence charts the submerged rocks of the future with unprecedented detail. It marks the beginning of a new era Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science, University of California, Berkley Those disposed to dismiss an 'AI takeover' as science fiction may think again after reading this original and well-argued book Martin Rees, Past President, Royal Society This superb analysis by one of the worlds clearest thinkers tackles one of humanitys greatest challenges: if future superhuman artificial intelligence becomes the biggest event in human history, then how can we ensure that it doesnt become the last? Max Tegmark, Professor of Physics, MIT Terribly important ... groundbreaking... extraordinary sagacity and clarity, enabling him to combine his wide-ranging knowledge over an impressively broad spectrum of disciplines - engineering, natural sciences, medicine, social sciences and philosophy - into a comprehensible whole... If this book gets the reception that it deserves, it may turn out the most important alarm bell since Rachel Carson's Silent Spring from 1962, or ever Olle Haggstrom, Professor of Mathematical Statistics Valuable. The implications of introducing a second intelligent species onto Earth are far-reaching enough to deserve hard thinking The Economist There is no doubting the force of [Bostroms] arguments the problem is a research challenge worthy of the next generations best mathematical talent. Human civilisation is at stake Financial Times Worth reading... We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes Elon Musk, Founder of SpaceX and Tesla A damn hard read Sunday Telegraph Read more...

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