He clearly regards this as a serious threat, and it is worth noting that Bostrom is highly regarded by many of the leading figures in the technology sector in the US.
One focus of the book which I found surprising was that a lot of it assumes that there would be one superintelligence which would emerge and be pre-eminent globally: Bostrom spends quite a lot of the book exploring the Doomsday scenario in which this dominant sole superintelligence could literally dominate our world and even the world of outer space, and could destroy humanity in the process. He explores what the key components of superintelligence would need to be, and various ways in which it might evolve. One thing which impressed me about this book is that it is pretty clear and readable, especially considering it is dealing with highly complex issues, some technical, some philosophical. He also points out that we risk using our own limited human analogies to imagine what human intelligence might look like: rather than imagine that the relationship between superintelligence and good human intelligence is like that between a clever person and a fairly dim-witted person, he says it may be more like the difference between a very clever person and a worm. One of Bostrom’s key points is that we are naïve to think the eventual outcome of AI is merely matching human intelligence: if and when it gets that far, it will almost certainly have the ability to move well beyond human capability, into what he calls superintelligence. In essence, the book explores the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and looks quite deeply into where it may evolve in the medium to longer term.
However, if you are feeling robust, it is well worth reading through it to get some idea of what may lie ahead. I am hesitant to recommend people to read this book: if you already find the future scary and complex, be warned that this book explores some of the more extreme elements of that future.
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