superintelligent

Your problem Matt is that developing a superintelligent computer that could enslave the human race would be a really awesome accomplishment.

Matthew Yglesias » Spitzer: Let’s Condemn the Human Race to Slavery and Extinction 2009

Liquor store dude didn't know the island language, but, fortunately, Custer the superintelligent dog knew it fluently, so he explained what had gone down.

Happy Monkey Holocaust Mike Lynch 2011

So, the next day, liquor store dude and Custer the superintelligent dog boarded the robot rocket and blasted off in pursuit of serious badass adventures.

Happy Monkey Holocaust Mike Lynch 2011

Given the history of AI and the distribution of computer expertise we should expect SIAI to fail in its mission, but that doesn't change the expectation that the creation of self-improving superintelligent AI would be an epoch-ending event that could not be reversed by humans without AI consent.

Robin Hanson Video, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

It blasted off against the horizon and sent liquor store dude and Custer the superintelligent dog soaring, once again, towards badass adventures.

Happy Monkey Holocaust Mike Lynch 2011

Imagine that when the first life form appeared there was a superintelligent freak.

The Inelegant Universe Jeremy Bernstein 2011

He has actually produced a superintelligent man from his initial subject.

Archive 2010-03-01 Blue Tyson 2010

Develop a character around the A.I. murderer, make it like a superintelligent being with the maturity of a child, make it cruel and disproportionate, but naive and curious.

Halcyon Likes Lionsgate Bid For Terminator Franchise Rights | /Film 2010

Don't worry, though, there's that whole consciousness transfer thing, and it was a very nice time you had as a superintelligent hamster*, and they grew the clone body really quickly.

Making Light: The "agency model" as I understand it 2010

So, regarding that "most realistic vision of the future of mankind," will or will not that include the giant orbiting superintelligent fetus?

SF Tidbits for 6/4/08 2008