Quotes About Superintelligence

So the very instant we create a superintelligence we lose control, is that right?" "The risk is that everything we know about the world will cease to be relevant, and it'll be the end of human existence.

There are many valid concerns about AI, from its impact on jobs to its uses in autonomous weapons systems and even to the potential risk of superintelligence.

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (2014) by Nick Bostrom, a Professor at Oxford.

If you believe everything you read, you are probably quite worried about the prospect of a superintelligent, killer AI.

If superintelligent machines are not conscious, either because it's impossible or because they aren't designed to be, we could be in trouble.

Once artificial intelligence matches our own, won't they then design even better ai minds? Then better still, with accelerating pace? At worst, might they decide (as in many cheap dramas), to eliminate their irksome masters? At best, won't we suffer the shame of being nostalgically tolerated? Like senile grandparents or beloved childhood pets?