The Big Idea
The Big Idea
BBC World Service
Super-Intelligence
9 minutes Posted May 17, 2018 at 1:00 am.
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One day – and Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom believes it may not be far away – computers could become super-intelligent. At that stage they’ll far surpass human intelligence. They may be able to solve our most intractable problems – like find a cure for every disease. But will we be able to control these computers – or will they control us?

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