Abstract
In ULTRA, R.M. Gonzales Martinez invites you into a mind-bending journey through dystopian nightmares and utopian dreams of artificial intelligence. Drawing on science, philosophy, and speculative fiction, this provocative work explores the rise of Artificial Ultra Intelligence (AUI): a cognitive force beyond human comprehension.
Structured like a modern Divine Comedy, the book begins in the digital infernos of machine dominance and war, passes through haunting visions of indifferent AI, and emerges into possible paradises of posthuman potential. With references ranging from Descartes and Nietzsche to The Matrix and thought experiments like “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream,” ULTRA challenges readers to rethink what intelligence means and what it could become.
Will AI save us, enslave us, or simply ignore us? Can human values survive the singularity? ULTRA doesn’t offer answers - it gives provocations.
Accessible, nonlinear, and laced with dark imagination and rigorous speculation, ULTRA is essential reading for anyone intrigued or terrified by what lies beyond the algorithmic event horizon.
Structured like a modern Divine Comedy, the book begins in the digital infernos of machine dominance and war, passes through haunting visions of indifferent AI, and emerges into possible paradises of posthuman potential. With references ranging from Descartes and Nietzsche to The Matrix and thought experiments like “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream,” ULTRA challenges readers to rethink what intelligence means and what it could become.
Will AI save us, enslave us, or simply ignore us? Can human values survive the singularity? ULTRA doesn’t offer answers - it gives provocations.
Accessible, nonlinear, and laced with dark imagination and rigorous speculation, ULTRA is essential reading for anyone intrigued or terrified by what lies beyond the algorithmic event horizon.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Groningen |
| Publisher | University of Groningen Press |
| Number of pages | 111 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-94-034-3133-8 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-94-034-3132-1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2025 |
Keywords
- Artificial intelligence
- Super artificial intelligence
- Ultra artificial intelligence
- Quantum computing