superintelligence
Americannoun
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the cognitive capacity of an entity that possesses a higher level of intelligence than humans.
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an entity that possesses a higher level of intelligence than humans.
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an unusually high level of human intelligence.
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Max Tegmark wants to halt the development of artificial superintelligence—and counts Steve Bannon, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle among his supporters.
Tegmark had been trying to get the group to oppose uncontrollable superintelligence in the text.
Now, he was asking for something even more audacious: a potential halt in the race to build superintelligence that was powering the stock market.
Tegmark sees this as evidence of two camps emerging in AI safety: one that wants to build superintelligence and try to make sure it is safe, and another that doesn’t want to build AI that is smarter than humans at all unless it can be proven safe.
Science fiction portrays AI as superintelligence that can operate faster and better than people can, and do it autonomously.
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