Редактирование: Sam Harris (раздел)

===Artificial intelligence===
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In June 2016, Harris gave a TED talk about [[AI risk]].<ref name="ted-ai">Sam Harris. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nt3edWLgIg "Can we build AI without losing control over it?"]. TED. ''YouTube''. June 2016.</ref> In it, he argued that humanity should put more serious thought into the potential threat posed by a [[Superintelligence|superintelligent]] [[Artificial intelligence|AI]]. Harris highlighted what he saw as the public's inability to take the topic seriously because it seems "cool" and "fun". He claimed that superhuman AI is likely as long as humanity continues to improve artificial intelligence, even without [[Accelerating technology|exponential growth]].