Mustafa Suleyman and John Von Neumann come from different ends of the existential risk timeline. In the 1950s Von Neumann reflected on technology's creative and destructive power, today Suleyman's urgent new book The Coming Wave explores the promise and peril of our latest creations, artificial intelligence and synthetic biology. Both men understood our propensity to ignore looming danger, yet both also find hope in human ingenuity. In this article I explore their insights, the wider AI debate and risk landscape, and how we could channel our ingenuity into an AI safety framework inspired by the science of complex systems.
Can we survive intelligence?
Can we survive intelligence?
Can we survive intelligence?
Mustafa Suleyman and John Von Neumann come from different ends of the existential risk timeline. In the 1950s Von Neumann reflected on technology's creative and destructive power, today Suleyman's urgent new book The Coming Wave explores the promise and peril of our latest creations, artificial intelligence and synthetic biology. Both men understood our propensity to ignore looming danger, yet both also find hope in human ingenuity. In this article I explore their insights, the wider AI debate and risk landscape, and how we could channel our ingenuity into an AI safety framework inspired by the science of complex systems.