Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick BostromMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Hooter: A deep dive into are we really prepared for when Artificial Intelligence does meet the standards our Hollywood counterparts have been showcasing to us in sci-fi genre
Nick takes extremely academic interest in asking numerous probing questions on are we as humankind really prepared for Superintelligence when it implodes/explodes. Reminds me of far reaching questions Asimov had made for robotics , Nick does a similar take with Artificial Intelligence.
What I loved was with each section, a follow up thought that I had was immediately answered in the next section implying Nick logically threaded the book and seemed logical progression for the end reader.
A lot of this is hypothetical because AI is still figuring out cats and dogs but when it does, just like the unfinished fable of the sparrows , will we be ready for it as a race. Also this topic was covered in an episode of Dr. Who when the robots are programmed to ensure there is happiness on the planet, they soon figure the source of unhappiness are humans and if there are no humans, there won't be any unhappiness. How do you program for such outcomes and what is consciousness and morality and how do you program for that or can you even?
The book doesn't have answers but leaves you with a lot of angles to think and ponder over. Finding solutions in these areas would be worthy of a research paper each and a sub domain / industry of their own in the Tech world as there are frontiers to overcome.
If you want to geek up on the problems of the future, this is a good book to get you into that zone of thinking but be prepared to be left with more questions than answers.
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