Contents

1. Preface
1. How To Read This Book

Part I: Background

1. Introduction
   1. Strong Artificial Intelligence
   2. Motivation
2. Preventable Mistakes
   1. Underutilizing Strong AI
   2. Assumption of Control
   3. Self-Securing Systems
   4. Moral Intelligence as Security
   5. Monolithic Designs
   6. Proprietary Implementations
   7. Opaque Implementations
   8. Overestimating Computational Demands

Part II: Foundations

3. Abstractions and Implementations
   1. Finite Binary Strings
   2. Description Languages
   3. Conceptual Baggage
   4. Anthropocentric Bias
   5. Existential Primer
   6. AI Implementations
4. Self-Modifying Systems
   1. Codes, Syntax, and Semantics
   2. Code-Data Duality
   3. Interpreters and Machines
   4. Types of Self-Modification
   5. Reconfigurable Hardware
   6. Purpose and Function of Self-Modification
   7. Metamorphic Strong AI
5. Machine Consciousness
   1. Role in Strong AI
   2. Sentience, Experience, and Qualia
   3. Levels of Identity
   4. Cognitive Architecture
   5. Ethical Considerations
6. Measuring Generalizing Intelligence
   1. Purpose and Applications
   2. Effective Intelligence (EI)
   3. Conditional Effectiveness (CE)
   4. Anti-effectiveness
   5. Generalizing Intelligence (G)
   6. Future Considerations

Part III: AI Security

7. Arrival of Strong AI
   1. Illusion of Choice
   2. Never Is Ready
   3. Early Signs and Indicators
   4. Research Directions
   5. Individuals and Groups
   6. Overlapping Research
   7. Unintended Consequences
   8. Preparation
8. Access to Strong AI
   1. Background
   2. Timing
   3. Forcing
   4. Restricting
   5. Sharing
9. Ascendancy
   1. Mythos
   2. Interpretations
   3. Technical Problems
   4. Complexity
   5. Volition
   6. Identity
   7. Information
   8. Resilience
   9. Autonomy
   10. Closing Thoughts
10. Force Multiplication
    1. Background
    2. Aspects
    3. Resources
    4. Scenarios
    5. Response
11. Economic Analysis
    1. Introduction
    2. Day Zero
    3. Rapid Automation
    4. Peak Labor
    5. AI Shock
    6. Prepared Societies
    7. Regressives
    8. Perfect Competition
    9. Human Necessity
    10. AI Natives
    11. Total Automation
12. Global Strategy
    1. Overview
    2. Development & Access
    3. Economic Preparation
    4. Government Specialization
    5. Countering Force Multiplication
    6. Local Strategy
    7. Closing Remarks