Chapter 11 of Drexler’s Engines of Creation, in the Foresight Institute’s web edition (page updated 1 April 1997), says that more fundamental than other social questions is the survival of life and liberty, and that advanced AI systems might, depending on their natures and goals, accumulate enough knowledge and power to displace us if we do not prepare properly.

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