That does sound like an interesting video, and I'd like to see it if you find it (or I might search for it later). As for the Star Trek (TNG) interpretation of

That does sound like an interesting video, and I'd like to see it if you find it (or I might search for it later). As for the Star Trek (TNG) interpretation of AGI, I suspect something like this in the real world would give rise to a kind of "oracle" situation, which creates its own dangerous problems. A system which functions as described only by observing and giving input where asked still has the potential to affect the outcome of events simply by being a reliable predictor. A paper explaining this concept far better than I would be able to in a HN comment is available here: http://www.aleph.se/papers/oracleAI.pdf http://www.aleph.se/papers/oracleAI.pdf