Nick Bostrom

Oxford University

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Author of Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies; philosophy professor and director of the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University

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It sounds like science fiction, but by 2050, Nick Bostrom says we have a 50/50 chance of creating robots that are more sophisticated than humans.

Super Smart Robots: Not Your Enemy, But Not Your Friend

It sounds like science fiction, but by 2050, Nick Bostrom says we have a 50/50 chance of creating robots that are more sophisticated than humans.

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