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An alternative view: Development of superhuman machine intelligence is the only way anything resembling humanity will be preserved. We are much more likely to
by jgrowl 12y ago
An alternative view: Development of superhuman machine intelligence is the only way anything resembling humanity will be preserved.
We are much more likely to be wiped out by natural disaster, asteroid impact, a dying sun, etc...
Unless we come up with some amazing new physics, I don't know how humans will ever make it very far from earth.
--edit Oh.. I just now saw part 2 which addresses this.
- mod 12y agoWhere is part 2? I can't find a link here or on the blog.
- JoshTriplett 12y agoI'd like to see that as well. Machine intelligence is certainly an existential threat, but on the other hand, it's also one of the single largest improvements we could possibly create (insofar as it'd be the last we'd ever need to).
- jgrowl 12y agoMy apologies. Another commenter posted a part 2 link, and I assumed it was by the original author. It was from someone else: http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-2.html http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolu... The original part 1 was just posted this morning so I don't think there is a part 2 available yet.