What will future developments in AI bring? What is free will? What is pain? In the second installment of "Books You Haven't Read" we react to ideas shared by Nick Bostrom in Chapter 9 of 'Superintelligence' with Trevor providing perspective from the rest of the book.

References:

Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom

SMBC: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/do-humans-have-feelings 

Joscha Bach: http://bach.ai/

Alan Watts on Opposition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hMP8TucpDg 

Wait But Why: https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-1.html

Akira: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_(1988_film)

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditations

After On by Robert Reid

Outro Music - The Heart Asks by Trevor Villwock: https://soundcloud.com/inversionensemble/the-heart-asks-by-trevor