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Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

By Nick Bostrom

If machine brains surpassed human brains in general intelligence, then this new super intelligence could become extremely powerful - possibly beyond our control. 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 super intelligence. But we have one advantage: we get to make the first move. Will it be possible to construct a seed Artificial Intelligence, to engineer initial conditions so as to make an intelligence explosion survi vable? How could one achieve a controlled detonation?

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