The Fermi Paradox Is Our Business Model
"The Fermi Paradox Is Our Business Model" is a science fiction short story by Charlie Jane Anders. It was first published in the online magazine Tor.com August 11, 2010.
Existential risk from artificial general intelligence
Nick Bostrom was the first person to suggest that an artificial general intelligence might deliberately exterminate humankind, and invention of artificial general intelligence is the explanation for the Fermi paradox. Bostrom's 2014 book om the artificial general intelligence question stimulated discussion. By 2015, public figures such as physicists Stephen Hawking and Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek, computer scientists Stuart J. Russell and Roman Yampolskiy, In April 2016, "Nature" warned: "Machines and robots that outperform humans across the board could self-improve beyond our control — and their interests might not align with ours."