Can We Build Artificial Intelligence [AI] Without Losing Control Over It

Scared of superintelligent AI? You should be, says neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris — and not just in some theoretical way. We’re going to build superhuman machines, says Harris, but we haven’t yet grappled with the problems associated with creating something that may treat us the way we treat ants.

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Sam Harris · Neuroscientist, philosopher

Sam Harris’s work focuses on how our growing understanding of ourselves and the world is changing our sense of how we should live.

originally posted on ted.com