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WHY WE NEED FRIENDLY AI

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2013

Luke Muehlhauser  and
Nick Bostrom
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Abstract

Humans will not always be the most intelligent agents on Earth, the ones steering the future. What will happen to us when we no longer play that role, and how can we prepare for this transition?

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Think , Volume 13 , Issue 36 , Spring 2014 , pp. 41 - 47
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2014 

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