Paths, dangers, strategies paperback average rating. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the halftitle page, aaron thanks for coming to the talk. Nick bostrom is a swedishborn philosopher and polymath with a background in theoretical physics, computational neuroscience, logic, and artificial intelligence, as well as philosophy. Nick bostrom lays the foundation for understanding the future of humanity and intelligent life. Jacket design by nick bostrom, partly based on an image by claire scully. Buy superintelligence by nick bostrom from australias online independent bookstore, boomerang books. Superintelligence charts the submerged rocks of the future with unprecedented detail. Swedish professor of philosophy at oxford university, nick bostrom is the author of some 200 publications including anthropic bias 2002, global catastrophic risks 2008, and superintelligence 2014, a new york times bestseller.
Nick bostrom is a professor at the oxford university, where he heads the future of humanity institute, a research group of mathematicians, philosophers and scientists tasked with investigating the big picture for the human condition and its future. This profoundly ambitious and original book picks its way carefully through a vast tract of forbiddingly difficult intellectual terrain. But practically, in the case of this book, not very interesting. Superintelligence by nick bostrom and a rough ride to the. At times the book is repetitive and keeps making the same point in slightly different scenarios.
If machine brains one day come to surpass human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become very powerful. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read superintelligence. However, the writing is dry and systematic, more like plato than wired magazine. Superintelligence by nick bostrom is a hard book to recommend, but is one that thoroughly covers its subject. Takes the reader on a journey to the frontiers of thinking about the human condition and the future of intelligent life. There are few real world examples, because its not a history of ai, but. Booktopia has superintelligence, paths, dangers, strategies by nick bostrom. Jun 12, 2016 bostroms book, which is a shrill alarm call about the darker implications of artificial intelligence, is dedicated to scronkfinkle. Other animals have stronger muscles or sharper claws, but we have cleverer brains.
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Superintelligence superintelligence asks the questions. Superintelligence paths, dangers, strategies nick bostrom. Superintelligence is a book which peers into the next 50 to 100 years to project likely scenarios of what will happen when machine intelligence matches and surpasses human intellige. Nick bostrom is professor in the faculty of philosophy at oxford university and founding director of the future of humanity institute and of the programme on the impacts of future technology within the oxford martin school. But, says bostrom, it could happen, perhaps within a few decades, perhaps within a few centuries. Superintelligence hardcover nick bostrom oxford university press. Adams evolution theory and the future of humanity, christopher wills millenial tendencies in responses to apocalyptic threats, james j. Basically, the book envisions that an artificial intelligence would. Elon musk, bbc top gear an intriguing mix of analytic philosophy, computer science and cuttingedge science fiction, nick bostroms superintelligence is required reading for anyone seeking to make sense of the recent surge of interest in artificial intelligence ai. Bostrom lays out in detail the two main paths to machine superintelligence. Paths, dangers, strategies 9780199678112 by bostrom, nick and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices.
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