Steven Pemberton argues that current AI systems lack true intelligence—“there is no I in AI”—but anticipates a coming era of superintelligence that could surpass human capability. Drawing parallels with historical paradigm shifts, he cites Ray Kurzweil’s findings that technological revolutions occur exponentially faster. Pemberton warns that superintelligent systems, governed by unknown axioms and unbounded logic, may not share human ethics, presenting three potential futures: benevolent oversight, utilitarian indifference, or adversarial control.

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A light skim of old arguments regarding any coming "super-intelligence":

A curious quote: "...it [the super-intelligence] will be unemotional because emotions come not from our brains but from chemicals..."

Rather abruptly ends by concluding we'll be wiped out by either super-intelligence or by the climate crisis.