If we do reach human level artificial intelligence, which isn't as distant a dream as some AI researchers believe, it won't take long before we find ourselves living in a world with a superintelligence vastly superior than us.
Reading him alongside Rawl's Theory of Justice makes one realise that just because something seems like a utopia right now, we need to think hard about the ethics of it. So why is Nick Bostrom ruining the party? Well sadly, Nick Bostrom has some bad news. It is one of the major leaps in human technology and holds so much promise, and people who do understand AI know that we're nowhere near building an all knowing superintelligent terminator. Artificial intelligence has surely made our lives easier. 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.Let's begin with the most important question about why we should read this incredibly dull book about all the dangers artificial intelligence poses to humanity.
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. “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.
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