Maybe the Real Superintelligent AI Is Extremely Smart Computers

Published: Jan. 16, 2018, 3:29 a.m.

By Ted Chiang, on Buzzfeed: The Real Danger To Civilization Isn\u2019t AI: It\u2019s Runaway Capitalism. Chiang\u2019s science fiction is great and I highly recommend it. This article, not so much.

The gist seems to be: hypothetical superintelligent AIs sound a lot like modern capitalism. Both optimize relentlessly for their chosen goal (paperclips, money), while ignoring the whole complexity of human value.