THE ARCHIVE // 2014
SUPERINTELLIGENCE
EXISTENTIAL RISK // ALIGNMENT // CONTROL PROBLEM
Not fiction, but reads like a warning from the future. The definitive analysis of what happens when machine intelligence surpasses human intelligence — and why we might not get a second chance.
READ / BORROW
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Key passages
"Before the prospect of an intelligence explosion, we humans are like small children playing with a bomb."
Discussion prompt
Bostrom assigns high probability to AI catastrophe. Use the Counterfactual section to model which interventions would most reduce his concerns.