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Nick Bostrom (/ ˈ b ɒ s t r əm / BOST-rəm; Swedish: Niklas Boström [ˈnɪ̌kːlas ˈbûːstrœm]; born 10 March 1973 in Sweden) is a philosopher known for his work on existential risk, the anthropic principle, human enhancement ethics, whole brain emulation, superintelligence risks, and the reversal test.
Mar 27, 2024 · Nick Bostrom is a Swedish-born philosopher with a background in theoretical physics, computational neuroscience, logic, and artificial intelligence, along with philosophy. He is one of the most-cited philosophers in the world, and has been referred to as “the Swedish superbrain”.
Apr 5, 2024 · Nick Bostrom, a philosophy professor at Oxford, wrestles with this question in a fascinating book that was published on March 27, “Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World.” Solved here...
Nick Bostrom | Faculty of Philosophy. Professor of Applied Ethics. Director, Future of Humanity Institute. nick.bostrom@philosophy.ox.ac.uk. See page on personal website. See project website. Membership Type: Fixed-Term Tutorial & Research Fellows. Career and Education.
Nick Bostrom. Professor, Director of the Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University. Verified email at philosophy.ox.ac.uk - Homepage. Philosophy Artificial Intelligence Ethics Technology. Title. Sort. Sort by citations Sort by year Sort by title. Cited by.
He is the author of more than 200 publications, including Anthropic Bias (2002), Global Catastrophic Risks (2008), Human Enhancement (2009), and Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (2014), a New York Times bestseller which sparked a global conversation about the future of AI.
He is best known for his work in five areas: (i) existential risk; (ii) the simulation argument; (iii) anthropics (developing the first mathematically explicit theory of observation selection effects); (iv) impacts of future technology; and (v) implications of consequentialism for global strategy.
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