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Good's intelligence explosion essay (1965)
I. J. Good writes that an ultraintelligent machine could design even better machines, and that the first one could be the last invention we ever need, if it stays docile enough to tell us how to keep it under control.
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- 1965
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- Happened
- Era
- 1965
What happened
I. J. Good writes that an ultraintelligent machine could design even better machines, and that the first one could be the last invention we ever need, if it stays docile enough to tell us how to keep it under control.
Why it matters
Good was a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during the Second World War. His caveat about keeping the machine docile is the earliest clear statement of what is now called the control problem.
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