# Superintelligence Control Research Needs Our Best Minds by Nick Bostrom > "The most useful thing that we can do at this stage, in my opinion, is to boost the tiny but burgeoning field of research that focuses on the superintelligence control problem (studying questions such as how human values can be transferred to software)." > **— Nick Bostrom**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [A Difficult Topic](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26031) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Nick Bostrom; the linked page contains the complete response and quoted passage. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s|Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s]] - **Article:** [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/AI Governance|AI Governance]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Nick Bostrom|Nick Bostrom]] - [[wiki/Alignment Drift|Alignment Drift]] - [[wiki/Constitutional AI|Constitutional AI]] - [[wiki/Control Systems|Control Systems]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "The most useful thing that we can do at this stage, in my opinion, is to boost the tiny but burgeoning field of research that focuses on the superintelligence control problem (studying questions such as how human values can be transferred to software)." — Nick Bostrom, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-nick-bostrom-superintelligence-control-research-needs-best ```