Tag: Nick Bostrom

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Stop worrying about superintelligence. 

January 21, 2018

I don’t think I’ve ever been an AI alarmist. That said, when I read Nick Bostrom’s book Superintelligence a few years ago, I was pretty convinced of his message that smarter-than-human intelligence is coming. I’ve since read a few good counterpoints. […]

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The 7 deadly sins of AI predictions. 

November 5, 2017

I’ll admit it – I’m guilty of being over-enthusiastic about AI ever since reading Nick Bostrom’s Superintelligence a few years ago. Robotics engineer and AI smarty-pants Rodney Brooks published this post in the MIT Technology Review that pours some much-needed cold water […]