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reinforcement-learning-performance
The chapter references measuring intelligence of agents by their expected performance across all reward-summable environments weighted by complexity.
1 chapter across 1 book
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (2014)Nick Bostrom
CHAPTER 6: COGNITIVE SUPERPOWERS
Chapter 6 of "Superintelligence" explores humanity's current ecological dominance and contrasts it with the potential capabilities of a superintelligence, particularly in cognitive domains such as technology design, economic productivity, and large-scale colonization. It discusses the theoretical limits and opportunities for superintelligent agents to manipulate vast resources, including interstellar colonization and computational efficiency, emphasizing the transformative power of cognitive superpowers relative to human capabilities.