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You Should Be Terrified of Superintelligent Machines


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Superintelligence

An AI need not care intrinsically about food, air, temperature, energy expenditure, occurrence or threat of bodily injury, disease, predation, sex, or progeny.

Credit: Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Thinkstock

In the recent discussion over the risks of developing superintelligent machines—that is, machines with general intelligence greater than that of humans—two narratives have emerged.

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