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AI: 'It will be a wild ride'

April 14, 2023

Machines that can outsmart humans are the stuff of sci-fi novels. But some in the tech industry believe that if rapid advances in AI continue, there could someday be systems that attain — or surpass — human intelligence. Philosopher Nick Bostrom shares his thoughts on what that would mean for our species and some of the ethical questions that should be settled before we reach that threshold.

https://p.dw.com/p/4Q28o

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Nick Bostrom, philosopher and Professor of Applied Ethics at Oxford University, director of the Future of Humanity Institute

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