Superintelligence : paths, dangers, strategies /
Nick Bostrom, Director, Future of Humanity Institute Professor, Faculty of Philosophy & Oxford Martin School University of Oxford.
- xvi, 415 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
New Afteword
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1: Past Developments and Present Capabilities -- 2: Roads to Superintelligence -- 3: Forms of Superintelligence -- 4: Singularity Dynamics -- 5: Decisive Strategic Advantage -- 6: Intellectual Superpowers -- 7: The Superintelligent Will -- 8: Is the Default Outcome Doom? -- 9: The Control Problem -- 10: Oracles, Genies, Sovereigns, Tools -- 11: Multipolar Scenarios -- 12: Acquiring Values -- 13: Design Choices -- 14: The Strategic Picture -- 15: Nut-Cutting Time.
This seminal book injects the topic of superintelligence into the academic and popular mainstream. What happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence? Will artificial agents save or destroy us? In a tour de force of analytic thinking, Bostrom lays a foundation for understanding the future of humanity and intelligent life.