Let an ultraintelligent machine be defined as a machine that can far surpass all the intellectual activities of any man however clever. Since the design of machines is one of these intellectual activities, an ultraintelligent machine could design even better machines; there would then unquestionably be an ‘intelligence explosion,’ and the intelligence of man would be left far behind.
I.J. Good, 1965 (he is dead and I don’t have any claim to his share, even if he gets the entire share). FYI he was one of the first computer scientists and later on, he was the lead consultant who designed the character of HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Oddesey (1968).
Optional extra:
Thus the first ultraintelligent machine is the last invention that man need ever make, provided that the machine is docile enough to tell us how to keep it under control.
Let an ultraintelligent machine be defined as a machine that can far surpass all the intellectual activities of any man however clever. Since the design of machines is one of these intellectual activities, an ultraintelligent machine could design even better machines; there would then unquestionably be an ‘intelligence explosion,’ and the intelligence of man would be left far behind.
I.J. Good, 1965 (he is dead and I don’t have any claim to his share, even if he gets the entire share). FYI he was one of the first computer scientists and later on, he was the lead consultant who designed the character of HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Oddesey (1968).
Optional extra:
Thus the first ultraintelligent machine is the last invention that man need ever make, provided that the machine is docile enough to tell us how to keep it under control.