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Good, I. J. (1965). Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machine. Advances in Computers, 6, 31-88
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Irving John Good
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I.J. Good's seminal 1965 paper introduces the concept of the "intelligence explosion" and speculates on the properties of the first ultraintelligent machine, foundational to AI safety discourse on recursive self-improvement and superintelligence.
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An ultra-intelligent machine is a machine that can far surpass all the intellectual activities of any man however clever. The design of machines is one of these intellectual activities; therefore, an ultra-intelligent machine could design even better machines. To design an ultra-intelligent machine one needs to understand more about the human brain or human thought or both. The physical representation of both meaning and recall, in the human brain, can be to some extent understood in terms of a subassembly theory, this being a modification of Hebb's cell assembly theory. The subassembly theory sheds light on the physical embodiment of memory and meaning, and there can be little doubt that both needs embodiment in an ultra-intelligent machine. The subassembly theory leads to reasonable and interes
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