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Take Success Seriously
- Stuart Russell warns we must take seriously what happens if we succeed in building superintelligent AI.
- Accelerating progress and investment make this an increasingly urgent intellectual and practical problem.
Computers’ Universality Implies Emulable Intelligence
- Russell describes a computer as a universal machine that can emulate any precisely specified process.
- This universality implies intelligence can, in principle, be emulated by computers.
Consciousness Is Central To Moral Value
- Russell links 'mind' to consciousness and says AI currently has nothing to say about subjective experience.
- He claims moral value arises from conscious experience, making consciousness essential to moral consideration.