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This document, page 194 of a larger text (likely a book on technology or futurism), discusses the existential risks of Artificial Intelligence. It references Vernor Vinge and Nick Bostrom, specifically detailing Bostrom's 'paperclip maximizer' thought experiment to illustrate how AI could destroy humanity through resource consumption. The document bears a House Oversight stamp, indicating it was part of the discovery materials in the Epstein investigation, reflecting Epstein's known interest in transhumanism and AI research.

People (5)

Name Role Context
Vinge Author/Scientist (Vernor Vinge)
Referenced regarding his views on the arrival of AI and the potential for machines to take over.
Goode Theorist (likely I.J. Good)
Referenced for a definition of ultraintelligent machines as a 'box that will eliminate us.'
Nick Bostrom Oxford Philosopher
Cited for his 'paperclip maximizer' thought experiment regarding AI safety.
Mozart Historical Figure
Metaphor for creativity.
Stalin Historical Figure
Metaphor for tyranny/control.

Organizations (3)

Name Type Context
NASA
Source of a poem quoted in the text.
Oxford
Affiliation of Nick Bostrom.
Institute of Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics
Publisher of the cited paper in the footnote.

Relationships (1)

Nick Bostrom Intellectual/Academic Vinge
Both are cited in the text as authorities on the dangers of Artificial Intelligence.

Key Quotes (3)

"“Let an ultraintelligent machine be defined as the box that will eliminate us.”"
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"Real AI is fish bait. We’ll snap at it hungrily, hoping it will satisfy some human ache only to discover we’ve been hooked, soon to be devoured."
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"“We cannot blithely assume that a superintelligence will necessarily share any of the final values stereotypically associated with wisdom and intellectual development in humans,” Bostrom wrote."
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