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Artificial superintelligence will be impossible to control, calculations suggest

The idea that Artificial Superintelligence will rule humanity has been talked about for decades, and programs like ChatGPT have only reaffirmed these fears.

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Vio S.
Aug 04, 2023
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So how likely is it that we will be able to control Artificial Superintelligence? Scientists performed some calculations in the year 2021. The answer? It will be almost impossible.

The problem is that exercising control over a superintelligence far beyond human understanding would require a simulation of that superintelligence that we can analyze. But if…

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