This profoundly ambitious and original book breaks down a vast track of difficult intellectual terrain. 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? As the fate of the gorillas now depends more on humans than on the species itself, so would the fate of humankind depend on the actions of the machine superintelligence.īut we have one advantage: We get to make the first move. If machine brains surpassed human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become extremely powerful - possibly beyond our control. It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position. The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. Send us feedback about these examples.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. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'superintelligence.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2022 Animism provides a philosophical framework for understanding how to live alongside, rather than in command of, living and non-living entities-even artificial superintelligence. 2017 Is there a cutoff at which superintelligence tops out? - Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Mar.

2023 The possibility of computer superintelligence makes the future look much more promising for those with intergalactic wanderlust. 2023 Harder still is the problem of how to survive the arrival of superintelligence. 2022 This is the inverse of a doomsday scenario that often comes up in artificial superintelligence theory. 2023 Predictions for this technology’s long-term disruptive potential abound, from the proliferation of audiovisual deepfakes indistinguishable from authentic footage to the emergence of an artificial superintelligence whose motives defy those of its creators. nonprofit group headed by MIT physicist Max Tegmark that is generally concerned with various existential risks, from asteroids to pandemics to, yes, runaway digital superintelligence. 2023 The letter was put out under the auspices of The Future of Life Institute, a U.S. Recent Examples on the Web And that’s what Nick Bostrom called a superintelligence.

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