![]() He concludes his introductory survey of the evidence thus: Bostrom argues that, while this future is far from inevitable, superintelligence is a threat worth taking seriously. Superintelligence could emerge very suddenly-once machines reach a human intellectual level, they may take over the design of future AI, and technology will then advance at an ever-increasing pace. I.1 Bostrom's superintelligenceīostrom explores the possible future emergence of an artificial superintelligence: a machine (or other AI) with an ability to perform general cognitive tasks that ‘is smart in the sense that an average human being is smart compared to a beetle or a worm’ (p. This review concentrates on what philosophers-and particularly moral philosophers-might learn. Anyone interested in the future of humanity will learn much from these books. ![]() ![]() Both, though written by philosophers, are aimed primarily at a non-philosophical audience both provide state-of-the-art surveys of a wide range of academic and non-academic literatures each deals with a potentially urgent threat to contemporary lifestyles and values and each canvasses possible responses to that threat. ![]() ![]() These two fascinating books have much in common. ![]()
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