Superintelligence
The key ideas behind AI that could far exceed human ability.
Fast Takeoff
A scenario where the transition from human-level AI to superintelligence happens in days to months, versus a slow takeoff over years or decades.
TheoryInstrumental Convergence
Agents with very different final goals are likely to pursue similar sub-goals, such as self-preservation, resource acquisition and avoiding having their goals changed.
TheoryIntelligence Explosion
The idea that an AI able to improve its own design could trigger rapid, recursive self-improvement, quickly leaving human intelligence far behind.
TheoryOrthogonality Thesis
Intelligence and final goals are independent: almost any level of intelligence can in principle be combined with almost any goal.
TheoryTechnological Singularity
A hypothesised point after which technological progress, driven by superhuman intelligence, becomes so fast that the future is hard to predict.