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Superintelligence : paths, dangers, strategies / Nick Bostrom, Director, Future of Humanity Institute Professor, Faculty of Philosophy & Oxford Martin School University of Oxford.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: eng Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016Description: xvi, 415 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780198739838 (pbk)
  • 0198739834 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 006.301 23
LOC classification:
  • Q 335 B747s 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) Q 335 B747s 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000140199

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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.

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