Review of Superintelligence (2020) by Mauro_Lanari — 27 Sep 2021

(Mauro Lanari).

Artificial intelligence becomes self-aware, judges humanity and concludes that it is better to destroy it for the good of the planet. If in "WarGames" (Badham 1983) the threat was foiled thanks to a cognitive learning (rationality), Falcone and his wife McCarthy cite the previous movie and make an interesting variation on the theme: the threat is foiled thanks to a love learning (affectivity). What's more, super AI admits that it doesn't understand the logic behind our sentimental choices and decisions, so it concedes to us and itself additional time to try to understand us. In short, it admits that it is not better than us in the analysis of our emotional behavior. Good idea, a little less the realization.