“Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended. Is such progress avoidable? If not to be avoided, can events be guided so that we may survive? —Vernor… — James Barrat Copy Share Image
“If we build a machine with the intellectual capability of one human, within five years, its successor will be more intelligent than all of… — James Barrat Copy Share Image
“Unlike our intelligence, machine-based superintelligence will not evolve in an ecosystem in which empathy is rewarded and passed on to subsequent generations.” — James Barrat Copy Share Image
“If energy stays out for more than two weeks, most infants under age one will die of starvation because of their need for formula.… — James Barrat Copy Share Image
“They spoke as if this were settled science. We’ll discuss the three laws in chapter 1, but it’s enough to say for now that… — James Barrat Copy Share Image
“Jack Dongarra, a researcher at Tennessee’s Oak Ridge National Lab and part of a team that tracks supercomputer speed, determined that Apple’s best-selling tablet,… — James Barrat Copy Share Image
“A powerful AI system tasked with ensuring your safety might imprison you at home. If you asked for happiness, it might hook you up… — James Barrat Copy Share Image
“The strongest argument for why advanced AI needs a body may come from its learning and development phase—scientists may discover it’s not possible to… — James Barrat Copy Share Image
“Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended. Is such progress… — James Barrat Copy Share Image
