Nick Bostrom

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Nick Bostrom (born Niklas Boström on 10 March 1973) is a Swedish philosopher. He is a professor at the University of Oxford, the founder and former director of the Future of Humanity Institute, and the author of Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies.

Further reading

Khatchadourian, Raffi (2015) The doomsday invention: will artificial intelligence bring us utopia or destruction?, The New Yorker, November 16.

External links

Nick Bostrom. Official website.

Radio Bostrom. Audio narrations of Bostrom’s academic papers.

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“The Vulnerable World Hypothesis” (Nick Bostrom’s new paper)

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Nick Bostrom – Existential Risk Prevention as Global Priority

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Nick Bostrom on Sam Harris’ podcast

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Astronomical Waste: The Opportunity Cost of Delayed Technological Development—Nick Bostrom (2003)

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An Audio Introduction to Nick Bostrom

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Do better, please …

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Differential technological development

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Summary of ‘Sharing the World With Digital Minds’ by Carl Shulman and Nick Bostrom

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‘Crucial Considerations and Wise Philanthropy’, by Nick Bostrom

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Deconstructing Bostrom’s Classic Argument for AI Doom

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[Linkpost] Nick Bostrom’s “Apology for an Old Email”

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Wokism, rethinking priorities and the Bostrom case

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Civilizational vulnerabilities

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[Opzionale] ‘Considerazioni cruciali e filantropia saggia’, di Nick Bostrom

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