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Sam Harris: What Happens When Humans Develop Super Intelligent AI?

NPR

By NPR/TED Staff

Published September 15, 2017 at 9:52 AM EDT

Part 4 of theTED Radio Hour episodeFuture Consequences.

About Sam Harris's TED Talk

Does superhuman artificial intelligence sound like science fiction? Not for Sam Harris. He says it's not a question of if but when — with potentially destructive consequences.

About Sam Harris

Sam Harris is a writer, neuroscientist, philosopher, and host of the podcast, Waking Up With Sam Harris.

He has written five New York Times best-sellers, and his writings cover a range of topics from neuroscience and religion to violence and human reasoning.

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