Superintelligence

Worth reading. -- Elon Musk, Founder of SpaceX and Tesla

I highly recommend this book -- Bill Gates

very deep ... every paragraph has like six ideas embedded within it. -- Nate Silver

Nick Bostrom makes a persuasive case that the future impact of AI is perhaps the most important issue the human race has ever faced. Instead of passively drifting, we need to steer a course. Superintelligence charts the submerged rocks of the future with unprecedented detail. It marks the beginning
of a new era. -- Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science, University of California, Berkley

Those disposed to dismiss an 'AI takeover' as science fiction may think again after reading this original and well-argued book. -- Martin Rees, Past President, Royal Society

This superb analysis by one of the world's clearest thinkers tackles one of humanity's greatest challenges: if future superhuman artificial intelligence becomes the biggest event in human history, then how can we ensure that it doesn't become the last? -- Professor Max Tegmark, MIT

Terribly important ... groundbreaking... extraordinary sagacity and clarity, enabling him to combine his wide-ranging knowledge over an impressively broad spectrum of disciplines - engineering, natural sciences, medicine, social sciences and philosophy - into a comprehensible whole... If this book
gets the reception that it deserves, it may turn out the most important alarm bell since Rachel Carson's Silent Spring from 1962, or ever. -- Olle Haggstrom, Professor of Mathematical Statistics

Valuable. The implications of introducing a second intelligent species onto Earth are far-reaching enough to deserve hard thinking -- The Economist

There is no doubting the force of [Bostrom's] arguments...the problem is a research challenge worthy of the next generation's best mathematical talent. Human civilisation is at stake. -- Clive Cookson, Financial Times

His book Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies became an improbable bestseller in 2014 -- Alex Massie, Times (Scotland)

Ein Text so n¼chtern und cool, so angstfrei und dadurch umso erregender, dass danach das, was bisher vor allem Filme durchgespielt haben, auf einmal h¶chst plausibel erscheint. A text so sober and cool, so fearless and thus all the more exciting that what has until now mostly been acted through in
films, all of a sudden appears most plausible afterwards. (translated from German) -- Georg Diez, DER SPIEGEL

Worth reading.... We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes -- Elon Musk, Founder of SpaceX and Tesla

A damn hard read -- Sunday Telegraph

I recommend Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom as an excellent book on this topic -- Jolyon Brown, Linux Format

Every intelligent person should read it. -- Nils Nilsson, Artificial Intelligence Pioneer, Stanford University

An intriguing mix of analytic philosophy, computer science and cutting-edge science fiction, Nick Bostrom's Superintelligence is required reading for anyone seeking to make sense of the recent surge of interest in artificial intelligence (AI). -- Colin Garvey, Icon