Editing Superintelligence (section)

=== Debate and skepticism ===

Not all researchers agree on the likelihood or severity of ASI-related existential risks. Some, like [[Rodney Brooks]], argue that fears of superintelligent AI are overblown and based on unrealistic assumptions about the nature of intelligence and technological progress.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brooks |first=Rodney |date=October 6, 2017 |title=The Seven Deadly Sins of AI Predictions |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2017/10/06/241837/the-seven-deadly-sins-of-ai-predictions/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=MIT Technology Review |language=en}}</ref> Others, such as [[Joanna Bryson]], contend that [[Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphizing]] AI systems leads to misplaced concerns about their potential threats.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bryson |first=Joanna J |date=2019 |title=The Past Decade and Future of AI's Impact on Society |url=https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/publications/the-past-decade-and-future-of-ais-impact-on-society |journal=Towards a New Enlightenment? A Transcendent Decade|volume=11 |isbn=978-84-17141-21-9 }}</ref>