Chapter 5. NICK BOSTROM

NICK BOSTROM

The concern is not that [an AGI] would hate or resent us for enslaving it, or that suddenly a spark of consciousness would arise and it would rebel, but rather that it would be very competently pursuing an objective that differs from what we really want. Then you get a future shaped in accordance with alien criteria.

PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD AND DIRECTOR OF THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY INSTITUTE

Nick Bostrom is widely recognized as one of the world’s top experts on superintelligence and the existential risks that AI and machine learning could potentially pose for humanity. He is the Founding Director of the Future of Humanity ...

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