Beyond AI: What Happens When Machines Become More Intelligent Than Us?
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Artificial intelligence is advancing rapidly.
Today, AI can already write, code, create, reason, analyse information and help us solve increasingly complex problems.
But what happens if we eventually create machines that don't just match human intelligence — but surpass it?
What happens when humans are no longer the most intelligent beings on Earth?
For this Lisbon Innovators & Entrepreneurs meetup, we'll explore one of the biggest questions facing humanity:
What could a world with intelligence greater than our own actually look like?
We'll go beyond today's AI tools and explore Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), artificial superintelligence, humanity's future, and the opportunities and challenges that could come with creating intelligence beyond our own.
This won't be a technical lecture, and you don't need to be an AI expert.
It also won't be a debate about whether AI is simply "good" or "bad."
Instead, we'll have an open and relaxed conversation where different perspectives are welcome.
🧠 Some of the questions we'll explore
- What do we actually mean by AGI and superintelligence?
- Could machines really become more intelligent than humans?
- How would we know when we've reached AGI?
- What could a superintelligent AI be capable of?
- Could AI accelerate scientific discovery and help solve problems humans haven't been able to solve?
- What happens to work when machines can outperform us at most intellectual tasks?
- What role would humans have in such a world?
- Who should control extremely powerful AI systems?
- How do we make sure advanced AI remains aligned with human interests?
- What happens if different countries or companies race to develop superintelligence?
- Should there be limits on how powerful AI is allowed to become?
- Could advanced AI lead to greater abundance and opportunity?
- What are the biggest risks?
- And ultimately: should humanity create something more intelligent than itself?
🌍 This is ultimately a conversation about us
Superintelligence isn't interesting only because of what machines might become.
It's interesting because of what it could mean for humanity.
Our jobs.
Our economies.
Our governments.
Our relationships.
Our creativity.
Our purpose.
And potentially the direction of civilisation itself.
So instead of only asking:
“What will AI be capable of?”
we'll also ask:
“What kind of world do we want to create with it?”
🤝 Come to think, discuss and connect
You don't need a background in artificial intelligence, computer science or technology.
Bring your curiosity, optimism, concerns, questions and ideas.
Different perspectives are encouraged.
There may not be definitive answers to many of these questions — and that's precisely why they're worth discussing.
Let's think together about what could come after AI as we know it — and what role humanity might play in the world that follows.
☕ Come for the conversation. Stay for the connections.
Lisbon Innovators & Entrepreneurs
Ideas. People. Possibilities.
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