Nick Bostrom: What happens when our computers get smarter than we are?

Updated 4.27.15, 3:15 PM EDT by Nate Brown

Artificial intelligence is getting smarter by leaps and bounds - within this century, research suggests, a computer AI could be as "smart" as a human being. And then, says Nick Bostrom, it will overtake us: "Machine intelligence is the last invention that humanity will ever need to make."

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