A team of computer scientists has used theoretical calculations to argue that algorithms could not control a super-intelligent AI. Their study addresses what Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom calls the control problem: how do we ensure super-intelligence machines act in our interests? The researchers conceived of a theoretical containment algorithm that would resolve this problem by simulating the AI‘s behavior, and halting the program if its actions became harmful. But their analysis found that it would be fundamentally impossible to build an algorithm that could control such a machine, said Iyad Rahwan, Director of the Center for Humans and Machines: If you break the problem…

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