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articles/2014/02/01/this-is-what-happens-when-you-teach-machines-the-power-of-natural-selection/140124-barrat-machines-tease_cvqbiq
THE FUTURE

Self-Perfecting Machines

<p>Psychopathic machines? Lethal AI? These are the concepts we should be thinking about when we talk about the benefits of self-improving software. An excerpt from James Barrat’s <i><a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Our-Final-Invention-Artificial-Intelligence-ebook/dp/B00CQYAWRY">Our Final Invention</a></i>.</p>

James Barrat

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