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Against the singularity hypothesis (Part 1: Introduction) - Reflective altruism

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Let an ultraintelligent machine be defined as a machine that can far surpass all the intellectual activities of any man however clever. Since the design of machines is one of these intellectual activities, an ultraintelligent machine could design even better machines; there would then unquestionably be an ‘intelligence explosion,’ and the intelligence of man would be left far behind. This is Part 1 of a series based on my paper “Against the singularity hypothesis“. The singularity hypothesis begins with the assumption that artificial agents will gain the ability to improve their own intelligence. From there, the singularity hypothesis holds that the intelligence of artificial agents will grow at a rapidly accelerating rate, producing an intelligence explosion: an event in which artificial agents rapidly become orders of magnitude more intelligent than their human creators. Beyond this, the singularity hypothesis holds, lies a singularity: a discontinuity in human history, analogous to

Against the singularity hypothesis (Part 1: Introduction) - Reflective altruism Skip to content Against the singularity hypothesis (Part 1: Introduction) Let an ultraintelligent machine be defined as a machine that can far surpass all the intellectual activities of any man however clever. Since the design of machines is one of these intellectual activities, an ultraintelligent machine could design even better machines; there would then unquestionably be an ‘intelligence explosion,’ and the intelligence of man would be left far behind. I.J. Good, “ Speculations concerning the first ultrai

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