Superintelligence. Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom

This book is about the different ways humanity can achieve Superintelligence. Yes, one way is by creating AI, and there are many ways or methods for doing that. Other ways involve making copies of human brains, making many minds work together, and enhancing human brains through different methods. The book also discusses possible future scenarios for when Superintelligence is about to be created. how would that happen? what would happen to humans? And many more.

I enjoyed the first third of the book, read the first half and left the rest for when I am hungry for more AI stuff again. This wasn't a book to read in one go.

Topics I enjoyed reading about: Whole brain emulation (Uploading), Biologial cognition (enhance function of biological brains either by improving nutrition, drugs, manipulation of genetics or cyborgization), Forms of Superintelligence (Speed Superintelligence, Collective Superintelligence, Quality Superintelligence), Cognitive superpowers, Oracles (question answering systems), Genies (command-executing systems) and Sovereigns (systems with open ended mandates to pursuit very long-range objectives.)