Is superintelligence a good book?
It is far and away the best book I have read on the topic {though there are some good pieces in MIT Technology Review as well). This is a book which is important and timely. We must seriously consider and weigh the potential for harm as well as good before creating a monster.
What are the different paths to superintelligence?
Having different paths to superintelligence is important, because if one path is blocked, we can still progress in another.
- Artificial intelligence. – programming-based approach.
- Whole brain emulation.
- Biological cognition.
- Brain-computer interfaces.
- Networks and organizations.
When was Superintelligence written?
2014
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
| First edition | |
|---|---|
| Author | Nick Bostrom |
| Publication date | July 3, 2014 (UK) September 1, 2014 (US) |
| Media type | Print, e-book, audiobook |
| Pages | 352 pp. |
How do you make a brain book?
How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed is a non-fiction book about brains, both human and artificial, by the inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil. First published in hardcover on November 13, 2012 by Viking Press it became a New York Times Best Seller.
What is transhumanism Nick Bostrom?
Transhumanism advocates the well-being of all sentience, whether in artificial intellects, humans, and non-human animals (including extraterrestrial species, if there are any). Racism, sexism, speciesism, belligerent nationalism and religious intolerance are unacceptable.
Where was the movie Superintelligence filmed?
Where was Superintelligence Filmed? Superintelligence was filmed in 801 Vedado Way NE (George’s Home), Georgia Institute of Technology, Montréal and Seattle.
What is Nick Bostrom’s Superintelligence?
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 speci Superintelligence asks the questions: what happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence?
What are some of the best books on superintelligence?
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, more like Plato than Wired Magazine.
What do you think about Bostrom’s AI?
Bostrom has gone off the deep end in allowing an intelligence to infer facts about the world even when its data is very limited. Sherlock Holmes always turns out to be right, but that’s fiction; in reality, many, many hypotheses would suit the extremely slim amount of data he has. The same will be true with carefully boxed AIs.
What is Nick Bostrom’s contribution to the field of psychology?
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.