Foreword to The Artilect War
A book chapter by Kevin Warwick, Foreword, dated 2005. Undated foreword in de Garis's book, dated by the book; read in the author-posted PDF created 2014-03-17.
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- Foreword to The Artilect War Foreword (pp. i–iii) in the author-posted PDF of de Garis, The Artilect War · published 2005 · Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31 (SHA-256 44a3365a48c4caf1283939376a7e7b6937bab68acf6cabd940595f8f594ab3b2). As in the author-posted PDF (creation date 2014-03-17); the foreword is undated.
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- Machines succeed humans as the leading intelligenceWarwick's foreword to de Garis's The Artilect War (2005) states that he and de Garis share the belief that later this century humanity will confront the prospect of being replaced by a new dominant species of ultra-intelligent robots.2005 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Machines succeed humans as the leading intelligence: propositions page →
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- Human minds transferred into machinesWarwick's foreword to de Garis's The Artilect War (2005) states his hope that humans can attain the godlike abilities de Garis describes by enhancing themselves into part-artilects.2005 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Human minds transferred into machines: propositions page →
- Conflict over building superhuman machinesWarwick's foreword to de Garis's The Artilect War (2005) states his hope that de Garis's forecast of a major war is wrong and that humans, by enhancing themselves, can attain the abilities de Garis describes without such a war. It also calls de Garis's reasoning "frighteningly persuasive".2005 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Conflict over building superhuman machines: propositions page →
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