{"title":"Olympians: humanity as a solution to the control problem for artificial superintelligence","authors":"Daniel McKay","doi":"10.1007/s43681-025-00712-w","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The control problem for artificial superintelligences is both difficult to solve and highly costly to get wrong. In this paper, I outline the problems with current methods of solving this problem and pose a novel solution. I argue that by using a human mind as the basis for an artificial superintelligence, we can mitigate some of the dangers that such a superintelligence would pose. I call this type of human-based artificial superintelligence an Olympian.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72137,"journal":{"name":"AI and ethics","volume":"5 4","pages":"4049 - 4059"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s43681-025-00712-w.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"AI and ethics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43681-025-00712-w","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The control problem for artificial superintelligences is both difficult to solve and highly costly to get wrong. In this paper, I outline the problems with current methods of solving this problem and pose a novel solution. I argue that by using a human mind as the basis for an artificial superintelligence, we can mitigate some of the dangers that such a superintelligence would pose. I call this type of human-based artificial superintelligence an Olympian.