What happens when our computers get smarter than we are by Nick Bostrom?

Nick Bostrom: What happens when our computers get smarter than we are? Artificial intelligence is getting smarter by leaps and bounds — within this century, research suggests, a computer AI could be as “smart” as a human being.

Are computers smart?

For example, a computer is designed to make faster calculus, algorithms, and other kinds of very useful tasks, however, the computer cannot take advantage of anything that it does, in conclusion, computers are not really intelligent.

Is computer more intelligent than human?

Computers can be programmed with vast libraries of information, but they can’t experience life the way we do. And in those areas, computers can be smarter than humans. “Today, computers can learn faster than humans, e.g., (IBM’s) Watson can read and remember all the research on cancer, no human could,” says Maital.

What happens when machines become more intelligent than humans?

What happens when machines become more intelligent than humans? One view is that this event will be followed by an explosion to ever-greater levels of intelligence, as each generation of machines creates more intelligent machines in turn. This intelligence explosion is now often known as the ‘singularity’.

Will artificial intelligence overtake humans?

Artificial intelligence is getting smarter by leaps and bounds — within this century, research suggests, a computer AI could be as “smart” as a human being. And then, says Nick Bostrom, it will overtake us: “Machine intelligence is the last invention that humanity will ever need to make.”

Is there anything smarter than a human being?

The answer depends a lot on which capabilities the A.I. would have apart of its’ smartness. One can imagine there being a hypothetical rock or a tree smarter than all of mankind, but that wouldn’t mean it would be able to, or even have the slightest interest in overthrowing us or interacting with us in any other way.

Could software be smarter than humans?

This is software that theoretically would be smarter than humans. Urban asked the audience to consider the implications. Computers may end up above us on the evolutionary ladder, as we are above chimpanzees.