Superintelligence
Could an artificial superintelligence wipe us out or help us? That’s the debate outlined in a recent piece from The Conversation. Experts warn that within decades, we may develop AI systems far smarter than any human. Some see this leading to utopia, others to catastrophe. The article identifies three futures: aligned AI that uplifts humanity, a hostile takeover, or indifferent algorithms that derail civilization by accident. Dune imagined a world after such a crisis—the Butlerian Jihad—where humanity bans thinking machines and trains its own mental elite instead. The question now isn’t science fiction. It’s whether we shape AI before it shapes us.
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