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Paths, dangers, strategies hardcover june 4 2014 by nick bostrom author. Superintelligence was a new york times bestseller, was recommended by elon musk and bill gates among others, and helped to popularize the term superintelligence. This profoundly ambitious and original book breaks down a vast track of difficult intellectual terrain. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. Paths, dangers, strategies became an improbable bestseller in 2014 alex massie, times scotland lautore 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. Paths, dangers, strategies written by nick bostrom which was published in 201473. There is uncertainty, and it is expressed when necessary. Superintelligence by nick bostrom and a rough ride to the. An important book showcasing the work we collectively need to do before the fact. A superintelligence is a hypothetical agent that possesses intelligence far surpassing that of the brightest and most gifted human minds. Jul 17, 2014 it is likely, he says, that superintelligence, vastly outstripping ours, would follow.
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