I.J. Good's 1965 Classic: Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machine
zetalyrae · hn · 2026-07-11
Shares the original PDF of the famous mathematician I.J. Good's 1965 paper "Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machine." This paper is one of the foundational works in AGI, first proposing the concept of "intelligence explosion" and discussing the possibility and far-reaching implications of recursive self-improvement by a ultraintelligent machine.
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