It is supposed that after such an emulation the capability to scale up such brains would be possible. One such attempt is made by Ray Kurzweil and he has actually documented his hypothesis in his wonderful book ‘How to Create a Mind.’įull brain emulation is the process of scanning actual brains and translating most of their properties to digital signals.

It seems like the next steps in this area would be refining such models and scaling up the hardware capabilities that power them. In the next 30 to 80 years, one of three main approaches will yield superintelligence: computational models, full brain emulation or collective enhancement (there are some other scenarios in the book as well, but they are not as strongly emphasized).Ĭomputational models or machine learning has recently picked up their pace of development and are beginning to be a significant part of everyday life (computer vision, voice recognition, predictive models, etc.). that is to say, whether they represent a slow, fast or moderate takeoff’). ‘we can distinguish three classes of transition scenarios …. We should note that sometimes the book loses focus into seemingly insignificant minutiae and truisms (e.g. The overall narrative of the Superintelligence follows sequentially the development of the issues related to superintelligent AI - starting with its creation, going through the speed of attainment of superintelligence, getting a decisive strategic advantage, the possible consequences for humankind and possible solutions to the control problem. That being said, if you have the right expectations, this book is great, thought-provoking and intellectually stimulating. I would say the target audience would consist of engineers who plan to work on the ‘control problem’ or curious game theorists that would like to quickly get ahead in this scenario. It is really important that one views this book for what it actually is - an introduction textbook (some AI-related organizations even consider it a mandatory read). This should be a fair warning to those expecting a light read.

The philosopher Nick Bostrom tries to answer by investigating the possible scenarios for developing superintelligence as well as their consequences in painstaking detail.

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