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Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom
3.0
This book is hugely important but written in a way which is difficult for the average reader. I find it hard to imagine how to deliver the information in this book in an easily readable format but it was still an issue, one that the author himself acknowledges.
Despite this I find the content of the book fascinating. Bostrom does a great job at underlining how superintelligence may not be as far away as one might imagine and how we could possibly deal with the emergence of one, before and after its creation. The subject of this book does make it rather difficult to read. I do not believe it is meant to be consumed in one sitting, there are complex topics, dystopian ideas and constant new terminology thrown at you.
I do not reget reading this at all, it has helped me understand superintelligence more and I would strongly recommend with a warning: the author does not attempt to frame the discussion in a particularly negative or positive light, he simply writes it as it is to the best of his ability, and that can be frightened.
Despite this I find the content of the book fascinating. Bostrom does a great job at underlining how superintelligence may not be as far away as one might imagine and how we could possibly deal with the emergence of one, before and after its creation. The subject of this book does make it rather difficult to read. I do not believe it is meant to be consumed in one sitting, there are complex topics, dystopian ideas and constant new terminology thrown at you.
I do not reget reading this at all, it has helped me understand superintelligence more and I would strongly recommend with a warning: the author does not attempt to frame the discussion in a particularly negative or positive light, he simply writes it as it is to the best of his ability, and that can be frightened.