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Nick Bostrom published Superintelligence in 2014, systematically analyzing the control problem, and the book influenced the statements of Musk, Gates, and others on AI risk.
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7/12/2026
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Rereading Good 1965: The Intellectual Origins of Ultraintelligent Machines and the Intelligence Explosion
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