Superintelligence: what happens in a world with AI that is hundreds or thousands of times smarter than humans?

In this episode of future39 we're chatting with research scientist Roman Yampolskiy. He’s a professor at the University of Louisville, and his most recent book is Artificial Superintelligence: A Futuristic Approach.

What we talk about:

- Define superintelligence … what are we talking about here?

- Assume we can create a superintelligence … or one emerges … what are the potential dangers?

- Is there any reason to assume that an artificial superintelligence would have any particular kind of morality?

- What about the opportunities? What would a superintelligence enable?

- Elon Musk thinks we’ll have to augment to compete. Agree?

- What happens to humans in a world with one -- or many -- superintelligences?

- How likely do you think a superintelligence is in the next 10 to 20 years?