An Anthropic Argument against the Future Existence of Superintelligent
  Artificial Intelligence
  This paper uses anthropic reasoning to argue for a reduced likelihood that
superintelligent AI will come into existence in the future. To make this
argument, a new principle is introduced: the Super-Strong Self-Sampling
Assumption (SSSSA), building on the Self-Sampling Assumption (SSA) and the
Strong Self-Sampling Assumption (SSSA). SSA uses as its sample the relevant
observers, whereas SSSA goes further by using observer-moments. SSSSA goes
further still and weights each sample proportionally, according to the size of
a mind in cognitive terms. SSSSA is required for human observer-samples to be
typical, given by how much non-human animals outnumber humans. Given SSSSA, the
assumption that humans experience typical observer-samples relies on a future
where superintelligent AI does not dominate, which in turn reduces the
likelihood of it being created at all.
