Superintelligence FAQ - LessWrong

Editor's note: this post is several years out of date and doesn't include information on modern systems like GPT-4, but is still a solid layman's int…

x Superintelligence FAQ — LessWrong Futurism and Forecasting AI Risk AI Alignment Intro Materials Q&A (format) Superintelligence AI Frontpage 143 Superintelligence FAQ by Scott Alexander 20th Sep 2016 33 min read 39 143 Editor's note: this post is several years out of date and doesn't include information on modern systems like GPT-4, but is still a solid layman's introduction to why superintelligence might be important, dangerous and confusing. 1: What is superintelligence? A superintelligence is a mind that is much more intelligent than any human. Most of the time, it’s used to discuss hypoth

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