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Superintelligence : paths, dangers, strategies

Author: Nick Bostrom
Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Edition/Format:   Print book : English : First editionView all editions and formats
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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. Other animals have stronger muscles or sharper claws, but we have cleverer brains. If machine brains one day come to surpass human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become very powerful. As the fate of the gorillas now  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
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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This seminal book injects the topic of superintelligence into the academic and popular mainstream. What happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence? Will artificial agents save or  Read more...

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