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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 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 If machine brains surpassed human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become extremely powerful possibly beyond our control As the fate of the gorillas now depends on humans than on the species itself, so would the fate of humankind depend on the actions of the machine superintelligence 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 survivable How could one achieve a controlled detonation This profoundly ambitious and original book breaks down a vast track of difficult intellectual terrain After an utterly engrossing journey that takes us to the frontiers of thinking about the human condition and the future of intelligent life, we find in Nick Bostrom s work nothing less than a reconceptualization of the essential task of our time. New Read Superintelligence author Nick Bostrom For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Superintelligence was published in 2014, and it s already had time to become a cult classic So, with apologies for being late getting to the party, here s my two cents.For people who still haven t heard of it, the book is intended as a serious, hard headed examination of the risks associated with the likely arrival, in the short to medium term future, of machines which are significantly smarter than we are Bostrom is well qualified to do this He runs the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxfor Superintelligence was published in 2014, and it s already had time to become a cult classic So, with apologies for being late getting to the party, here s my two cents.For people who still haven t heard of it, the book is intended as a serious, hard headed examination of the risks associated with the likely arrival, in the short to medium term future, of machines which are significantly smarter than we are Bostrom is well qualified to do this He runs the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford, where he s also a professor at the philosophy department, he s read a great deal of relevant background, and he knows everyone The cover quotes approving murmurs from the likes of Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Martin Rees and Stuart Russell, co author of the world s leading AI textbook people thanked in the acknowledgements include Demis Hassabis, the founder and CEO of Google s Deep Mind So, why don t we assume for now that Bostrom passes the background check and deserves to b...There has been a spate of outbursts from physicists who should know better, including Stephen Hawking, saying philosophy is dead all we need now is physics or words to that effect I challenge any of them to read this book and still say that philosophy is pointless.It s worth pointing out immediately that this isn t really a popular science book I d say the first handful of chapters are for everyone, but after that, the bulk of the book would probably be best for undergraduate philosophy st There has been a spate of outbursts from physicists who should know better, including Stephen Hawking, saying philosophy is dead all we need now is physics or words to that effect I challenge any of them to read this book and still say that philosophy is pointless.It s worth pointing out immediately that this isn t really a popular science book I d say the first handful...Imagine a Danger You may say I m a Dreamer Bostrom is here to imagine a world for us and he has batshit crazy imagination, have to give him that The world he imagines is a post AI world or at least a very near to AI world or a nascent AI world Don t expect to know how we will get there only what to do if we get there and how to skew the road to getting there to our advantage And...Preamble I confess to Roko s Basilisk that I didn t believe superintelligence was much of a threat, and this book didn t really do anything to challenge that prior Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea local Maxima Culpa.I Overall View I m a software engineer with some basic experience in machine learning, and though the results of machine learning have been becomingimpr...This book if else if else if else if else if You can get most of the ideas in this book in the WaitButWhy article about AI This book assumes that an intelligence explosion is possible, and that it is possibl...In recent times, prominent figures such as Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates and Elon Musk have expressed serious concerns about the development of strong artificial intelligence technology, arguing that the dawn of super intelligence might well bring about the end of mankind Others, like Ray Kurzweil who, admittedly, has gained some renown in professing silly predictions about the future of the human race , have an opposite view on the matter and maintain that AI is a blessing that will bestow utop In recent times, prominent figures such as Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates and Elon Musk have expressed serious concerns about the development of strong artificial intelligence technology, arguing that the dawn of super intelligence might well bring about the end of mankind Others, like Ray Kurzweil who, admittedly, has gained some renown in professin...As a software developer, I ve cared very little for artificial intelligence AI in the past My programs, which I develop professionally, have nothing to do with the subject They re dumb as can be and only following strict orders that is rather simple algorithms Privately I wrote a few AI test programs withor less success and read a articles in blogs or magazines withor less interest By and large I considered AI as not being relevant for me.In March 2016 AlphaGo was introdu As a software developer, I ve cared very little for artificial intelligence AI in the past My programs, which I develop professionally, have nothing to do with the subject They re dumb as can be and only following strict orders that is rather simple algorithms Privately I wrote a few AI test programs withor less success and read a articles in blogs or magazines withor less interest By and large I considered AI as not being relevant for me.In March 2016 AlphaGo was introduced This was the first Go program capable of defeating a champion in this game Shortly after that, in December 2017, Alpha Zero entered the stage Roughly speaking this machine is capable of teaching itself games after being told the rules Within a day, Alpha Zero developed superhuman level of play for Go, Chess, and Shogi all by itself if you can believe the developers The algorithm used in this machine is very abstr... Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom is a hard book to recommend, but is one that thoroughly covers its subject Superintelligence is a warning against developing artificial intelligence AI However, the writing is dry and systematic,like Plato than Wired Magazine There are few real world examples, because it s not a history of AI, but theoretic conjectures The book explores the possible issues we might face if a superintel...Never let a Seed AI read this bookStephen Hawking and Bill Gates have recently raised the alarm about Artificial Intelligence If a superhuman artificial intelligence were created it would be the biggest event in human history and it could very well be the last We are only familiar with human intelligence and it may be a small sample from the possibilities of intelligence to be had Bostrom makes the case that the most likely path to superintelligence would most likely be a hard takeoff as the AI would quickly rise once it reac Stephen Hawking and Bill Gates have recently raised the alarm about Artificial Intelligence If a superhuman artificial intelligence were created it would be the biggest event in human history and it could very well be the last We are only familiar with human intelligence and it may be a small sample from the possibilities of intelligence to be had Bostrom makes the case that the most likely path to superintelligence would most likely be a hard takeoff as the AI would quickly rise once it reached Human level intelligence and quickly reorganize itself to a very superior form of intelligent mind It would qu...

Superintelligence
  • English
  • 21 April 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 328 pages
  • 0199678111
  • Nick Bostrom
  • Superintelligence