Super-Intelligence as Anthropological Singularity Not Just Technological.

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  • Antonio SANDU Professor PhD, Stefan cel Mare University from Suceava, Romania

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18662/eejmhb/05

Keywords:

superintelligence, technology, human

Abstract

One of the most prominent thinkers of the Transhumanist movement, Nick Bostrom, has published, at the prestigious British publishing house Oxford Univesity Press in 2014, the volume Superintelligence. Paths, Dangers, Stategies, a work dedicated to the development of superintelligence, with the help of already existing technology, or the one that is about to appear in a foreseeable future. The intention of this review is not to make a simple presentation of this book, occasioned by the Romanian translation (translator Doru Valentin Căstăian) of the book, published by the Litera Publishing House, but also to express some reflections on reading the volume. The debate on the impact of technology that allows human optimization on the future of humanity opens a new field in the field of scientific research and technology ethics - analyzing the ethical acceptability of different technologies.

How to cite: Sandu, A. (2017). Super-Intelligence as Anthropological Singularity Not Just Technological. Reflections on the volume Super-intelligence. Paths, Dangers, Strategies, by Nick Bostrom, Oxfod Univesity Press, 2014. Eastern-European Journal of Medical Humanities and Bioethics, 1(1), 61-64. https://doi.org/10.18662/eejmhb/05

Author Biography

Antonio SANDU, Professor PhD, Stefan cel Mare University from Suceava, Romania

Professor PhD, Stefan cel Mare University from Suceava, Romania

References

Bostrom, N. (2014). Superintelligence. Paths, Dangers, Strategies. UK: Oxford University Press.

Bostrom, N. (2017). Intelligence. Paths, Dangers, Strategies. Bucharest, Romania: Litera Publishing House.

Turing, A.M. (1950). Computing Machinery and Intelligence. Mind, 49, 433-460.

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Published

2017-12-21

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SANDU, A. (2017). Super-Intelligence as Anthropological Singularity Not Just Technological. Eastern-European Journal of Medical Humanities and Bioethics, 1(1), 61-64. https://doi.org/10.18662/eejmhb/05

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2017): Eastern-European Journal of Medical Humanities and Bioethics

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