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Karl Olsberg

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Bielefeld, Germany

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Thriller, Science Fiction, Children's

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Karl Olsberg holds a Ph.D. in artificial intelligence and is the founder of three start-up companies, one of which was named "Start-up of the Year 2000" by German business magazine Wirtschaftswoche. He has written more than 50 books that have been translated into 10 languages, among them several German national bestsellers. He is an active member of the international AI safety community, working together with AI experts to prevent existential risks from advanced AI. ...more

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Average rating: 3.63 · 5,748 ratings · 593 reviews · 127 distinct works • Similar authors

	Boy in a White Room 3.42 avg rating — 2,029 ratings — published 2017 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mirror 3.76 avg rating — 501 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	System 3.74 avg rating — 501 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cubeworld 4.06 avg rating — 337 ratings — published 2012 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Girl in a Strange Land (Boy in a White Room, #2) 3.71 avg rating — 358 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	VIrtua 3.76 avg rating — 309 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boy in a Dead End (Boy in a White Room, #3) 4.06 avg rating — 211 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Delete 3.68 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Schwarzer Regen 3.63 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Duft 3.48 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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How close are we to an uncontrollable AI that could destroy our future?

When I started working on my novel VIRTUA about a year ago, I tried to tell a very realistic story about an uncontrollable AI, based on current technology and trends in AI development. I was genuinely concerned that such an AI could threaten our future if it pursued the wrong goal. However, I thought that we still had at least 10-20 years to solve the “alignment problem” of giving an AI a goal tha Read more of this blog post »

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