The “Introduction to Nick Bostrom” series will include ~10 episodes that serve as an introduction to Bostrom’s work for people who are totally new or fairly new. If it proves popular, we might one day release it as an audiobook.
Examples of the kind of person I’m trying to appeal to:
Dragon Tyrant (part 1), then maybe The Reversal Test: Eliminating Status Quo Bias in Applied Ethics (part 2).
Future of Humanity AND/OR Technological Revolutions: Ethics and Policy in the Dark
Evolutionary Optimality Challenge OR The Future of Human Evolution
Mount Ethics
The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Enhancement Ethics: The State of the Debate OR Embryo Selection for Cognitive Enhancement: Curiosity or Game-changer? (alternatively: Transhumanism FAQ)
Astronomical Waste
Letter from Utopia
Outro episode
...?
Sensible CTAs
Candidates that didn’t quite make the cut:
Simulation Argument
What is a Singleton?
Existential Risk Prevention as Global Priority
Primer on Doomsday argument
One or more of Bostrom’s TED talks. Not sure whether to include these. Maybe just mention them as a tl;dl alternative during the intro, and on the intro series web page.
The “Introduction to Nick Bostrom” series will include ~10 episodes that serve as an introduction to Bostrom’s work for people who are totally new or fairly new. If it proves popular, we might one day release it as an audiobook.
Examples of the kind of person I’m trying to appeal to:
Young pro-EA at high school or university
Policy person working in government
Tech entrepreneur
AI capabilities researcher
…
My current best guess for the series:
Introduction episode
Heavily abridged Predictions from Philosophy and then slightly abridged Crucial Considerations
(Probably) Lightly edited version of the “My work” section of Bostrom homepage
Vulnerable World (Aeon version as part 1, full paper as part 2)
Dragon Tyrant (part 1), then maybe The Reversal Test: Eliminating Status Quo Bias in Applied Ethics (part 2).
Future of Humanity AND/OR Technological Revolutions: Ethics and Policy in the Dark
Evolutionary Optimality Challenge OR The Future of Human Evolution
Mount Ethics
The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Enhancement Ethics: The State of the Debate OR Embryo Selection for Cognitive Enhancement: Curiosity or Game-changer? (alternatively: Transhumanism FAQ)
Astronomical Waste
Letter from Utopia
Outro episode
...?
Sensible CTAs
Candidates that didn’t quite make the cut:
Simulation Argument
What is a Singleton?
Existential Risk Prevention as Global Priority
Primer on Doomsday argument
One or more of Bostrom’s TED talks. Not sure whether to include these. Maybe just mention them as a tl;dl alternative during the intro, and on the intro series web page.
Comments welcome!