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764 Nick Bostrom Made the World Fear AI. Now He Asks: What if It Fixes Everything?

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Will Knight @ Wired · 05/02/2024 12:00 EDT

Nick Bostrom Made the World Fear AI. Now He Asks: What if It Fixes Everything?

Philosopher Nick Bostrom popularized the idea superintelligent AI could erase humanity. His new book imagines a world in which algorithms have solved every problem.

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