title: Crisis of Control: How Artificial SuperIntelligences May Destroy or Save the Human Race (Human Cusp) (Volume 1)
author: Peter J. Scott
description: ..". lively writing and clear presentation of these important topics. It certainly deserves a wide readership." - Sir Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal and author of Our Final Hour ..". a well written and an easy to follow book. It addresses the most important problem faced by humanity, namely, how artificial superintelligence will impact the human race and how it can be controlled... Describes a number of interesting options worthy of consideration." -Roman Yampolskiy, Author of Artificial Superintelligence: A Futuristic Approach
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  Copyright © 2019 by Brian J. Smith
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  ISBN (E-book): 978-1-7338913-1-8
  
  ISBN (Paperback): 978-1-7338913-0-1
  
  Centauri-Evergreen Publishing
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
  To the pioneers,
  
  past, present, and future.
  
  Up the long ladder we climb.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
  singularity pointn.
  
  
  the cusp that occurs when the emergence of an artificial superintelligence
  triggers exponential technological growth, causing radical and unpredictable
  paradigm shifts in a species’ civilization—including the possibility of that
  species’ extinction
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  > Acronyms/Abbreviations
  
    
  
  1LT: First Lieutenant
  
  2LT: Second Lieutenant
  
  AFA: Ares Freedom Alliance
  
  ALSS: Aerospace Life Support Systems
  
  APU: Auxiliary Power Unit
  
  BDA: Battle Damage Assessmen