Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Other Titles......Page 2
Title Page......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Dedication......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 9
Prelude: The Tale of the Omega Team......Page 12
1 Welcome to the Most Important Conversation of Our Time......Page 33
 A Brief History of Complexity......Page 35
 The Three Stages of Life......Page 37
 Controversies......Page 42
 Misconceptions......Page 54
 The Road Ahead......Page 62
2 Matter Turns Intelligent......Page 70
 What Is Intelligence?......Page 71
 What Is Memory?......Page 78
 What Is Computation?......Page 83
 What Is Learning?......Page 95
3 The Near Future: Breakthroughs, Bugs, Laws, Weapons and Jobs......Page 108
 Breakthroughs......Page 110
 Bugs vs. Robust AI......Page 123
 Laws......Page 136
 Weapons......Page 142
 Jobs and Wages......Page 154
 Human-Level Intelligence?......Page 169
4 Intelligence Explosion?......Page 174
 Totalitarianism......Page 175
 Prometheus Takes Over the World......Page 177
 Slow Takeoff and Multipolar Scenarios......Page 191
 Cyborgs and Uploads......Page 198
 What Will Actually Happen?......Page 200
5 Aftermath: The Next 10,000 Years......Page 204
 Libertarian Utopia......Page 208
 Benevolent Dictator......Page 215
 Egalitarian Utopia......Page 219
 Gatekeeper......Page 225
 Protector God......Page 227
 Enslaved God......Page 229
 Conquerors......Page 234
 Descendants......Page 238
 Zookeeper......Page 242
 1984......Page 243
 Reversion......Page 247
 Self-Destruction......Page 251
 What Do You Want?......Page 259
6 Our Cosmic Endowment: The Next Billion Years and Beyond......Page 261
 Making the Most of Your Resources......Page 262
 Gaining Resources Through Cosmic Settlement......Page 281
 Cosmic Hierarchies......Page 301
 Outlook......Page 316
7 Goals......Page 321
Physics: The Origin of Goals......Page 322
 Biology: The Evolution of Goals......Page 325
 Psychology: The Pursuit of and Rebellion Against Goals......Page 329
 Engineering: Outsourcing Goals......Page 330
 Friendly AI: Aligning Goals......Page 334
 Ethics: Choosing Goals......Page 344
 Ultimate Goals?......Page 349
8 Consciousness......Page 357
 Who Cares?......Page 358
 What Is Consciousness?......Page 360
 What’s the Problem?......Page 361
 Is Consciousness Beyond Science?......Page 364
 Experimental Clues About Consciousness......Page 370
 Theories of Consciousness......Page 381
 Controversies of Consciousness......Page 391
 How Might AI Consciousness Feel?......Page 394
 Meaning......Page 397
Epilogue: The Tale of the FLI Team......Page 402
Notes......Page 424