Superintelligence and moral blindness | by Matthew McKeever | Medium
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John von Neumann was superintelligent. Can we learn anything about morality from him?
Philosophy Artificial Intelligence Morality Moral Philosophy Computer Science Superintelligence and moral blindness Matthew McKeever 11 min read · Aug 22, 2021 -- 1 Listen Share According to his wife, John von Neumann, talking about his work on the atom bomb, said: What we are creating now is a monster whose influence is going to change history, provided there is any history left, yet it would be impossible not to see it through, not only for the military reasons, but it would also be unethical from the point of view of the scientists not to do what they know is feasible, no matter what terrib
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