James Barrat

Soon, to the scientists’ delight, the terminal displaying the AI’s progress shows the artificial intelligence has surpassed the intelligence level of a human, known as AGI, or artificial general intelligence. Soon it becomes smarter by a factor of ten, then a hundred. In just two days, it is one thousand times more intelligent than any human, and still improving. The scientists have passed a historic milestone! For the first time humankind is in the presence of an intelligence greater than their own. Artificial superintelligence, or ASI. Now what happens?