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Superintelligence

Paths, Dangers, Strategies

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Superintelligence

Written by: Nick Bostrom
Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
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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 more 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.

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©2014 Nick Bostrom (P)2014 Audible Inc.
Computer Science Philosophy Technology Human Brain Artificial Intelligence Data Science Machine Learning Robotics
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Has some very good talking points, but uses unnecessarily convoluted language... You end up getting lost half way through a sentence because the author attempts to describe something in a very particular context, and so that it can not be misinterpreted, but instead you just miss the general idea.

Unnecessary Jargon

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Hard to follow, especially in audio format. Many references to graphs, acronyms and speculative circumstances. A pretty good examination of the possibilities but lacks substantive predictions based on evidence we have so far.

Speculative and Esoteric

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It was very interesting and on topic with a very easy to understand main Theme
Only complaint as some one who reads about the subject a lot it almost feels dated still good tho

Interesting and fun

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The content is excellent and I anyone who is interested in (both love or hate) in AI must read it.
The voice actor is not the right choice for this book. It could be distracting and makes it hard to follow.

A must read book, but worst choice of voice talent

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This sobering book on the challenges of an intelligence explosion was exceptionally well thought out. A challenge to listen to in long stretches, but the narrator did a great job and added a flourish to the text.

Very dense, but exceptionally written and read!

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