Professorial Distinction Award from University of Oxford
FP Top 100 Global Thinkers
Prospect's Top World Thinkers list[3]
Era
Contemporary philosophy
Region
Western philosophy
School
Analytic philosophy[1]
Institutions
Yale University University of Oxford Future of Humanity Institute
Thesis
Observational Selection Effects and Probability (2000)
Main interests
Philosophy of artificial intelligence Bioethics
Notable ideas
Anthropic bias Reversal test Simulation hypothesis Existential risk Singleton Ancestor simulation Information hazard Infinitarian paralysis[2] Self-indication assumption Self-sampling assumption
Website
nickbostrom.com
Nick Bostrom (/ˈbɒstrəm/BOST-rəm; Swedish: Niklas Boström[ˈnɪ̌kːlasˈbûːstrœm]; born 10 March 1973 in Sweden)[4] 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. He was the founding director of the now dissolved Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford[5] and is now Principal Researcher at the Macrostrategy Research Initiative.[6]
Bostrom is the author of Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy (2002),[7]Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (2014) and Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World (2024).
Bostrom believes that advances in artificial intelligence (AI) may lead to superintelligence, which he defines as "any intellect that greatly exceeds the cognitive performance of humans in virtually all domains of interest". He views this as a major source of opportunities and existential risks.[5][8]
^ abKhatchadourian, Raffi (23 November 2015). "The Doomsday Invention". The New Yorker. Vol. XCI, no. 37. pp. 64–79. ISSN 0028-792X.
^"Infinite Ethics" (PDF). nickbostrom.com. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
^Skeptic (16 April 2024). "Nick Bostrom — Life and Meaning in a Solved World". Skeptic. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
^"nickbostrom.com". Nickbostrom.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
^ abShead, Sam (25 May 2020). "How Britain's oldest universities are trying to protect humanity from risky A.I." CNBC. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
^"Nick Bostrom's Home Page". nickbostrom.com. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
^"Nick Bostrom on artificial intelligence". Oxford University Press. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
^"Nick Bostrom on the birth of superintelligence". Big Think. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
NickBostrom (/ˈbɒstrəm/ BOST-rəm; Swedish: Niklas Boström [ˈnɪ̌kːlas ˈbûːstrœm]; born 10 March 1973 in Sweden) is a philosopher known for his work on...
hypothesis, as formulated by NickBostrom, is part of a long tradition of skeptical scenarios. It was presented by Bostrom as not merely a philosophical...
Philosophy and the Oxford Martin School. Its director was philosopher NickBostrom, and its research staff included futurist Anders Sandberg and Giving...
associated with a technological singularity. University of Oxford philosopher NickBostrom defines superintelligence as "any intellect that greatly exceeds the...
necessary for future human development. Transhumanist philosophers such as NickBostrom believe that genetic modification will be essential to improving human...
transhumanists uphold the value of liberal democracies." According to NickBostrom, transcendentalist impulses have been expressed at least as far back...
critical moment in history when humanity's fate is decided. Edited by NickBostrom and Milan M. Ćirković, Global Catastrophic Risks was published in 2008...
harm or enable some agent to cause harm", as defined by philosopher NickBostrom in 2011, or contained in information sensitivity. It is an idea that...
Effects in Science and Philosophy (2002) is a book by philosopher NickBostrom. Bostrom investigates how to reason when one suspects that evidence is biased...
be one in which there were a lot of paper clips but no humans. — NickBostromBostrom emphasized that he does not believe the paperclip maximizer scenario...
by 2050. Four polls of AI researchers, conducted in 2012 and 2013 by NickBostrom and Vincent C. Müller, suggested a confidence of 50% that human-level...
Scholars like NickBostrom debate how far off superhuman intelligence is, and whether it poses a risk to mankind. According to Bostrom, a superintelligent...
maximizer thought experiment first described by Swedish philosopher NickBostrom in 2003, a concept later discussed by multiple commentators. According...
fulfilled. Some[who?] have called effective accelerationism a cult. While Nick Land is seen as the intellectual originator of contemporary accelerationism...
States in 2004, as a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, by philosopher NickBostrom and bioethicist James Hughes. The think tank aims to influence the development...
underfunded. NickBostrom states that more research has been done on Star Trek, snowboarding, or dung beetles than on existential risks. Bostrom's comparisons...
resulting in an existential risk from AGI. Therefore, the Oxford philosopher NickBostrom and others recommend capability control methods only as a supplement...
non-mathematical, unpartisan introduction to the DA NickBostrom's response to Korb and Oliver NickBostrom's annotated collection of references Kopf, Krtouš...
worlds", and protect them in a similar fashion to the zoo hypothesis. NickBostrom suggests that some advanced beings may divest themselves of physical...
many different formulations of the anthropic principle. Philosopher NickBostrom counts them at thirty, but the underlying principles can be divided into...
Mikael Boström, Finnish orienteering competitor NickBostrom, Swedish philosopher at Oxford Peter Boström, Swedish producer and songwriter Sixten Boström (born...
real. The following cast members feature in the film as themselves: NickBostrom Joshua Cooke Erik Davis Philip K. Dick Alex LeVine Læo Mystwood Paul...
Singularitarianism is a small movement, which includes transhumanist philosopher NickBostrom. Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil, who predicts that the Singularity...
Hawking's AMA are Here!". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 8 June 2023. Bostrom, Nick (2017). "§ Preferred order of arrival". Superintelligence: paths, dangers...
times as the prospect of superintelligent AI looms nearer, philosopher NickBostrom has said that superintelligent AI systems with goals that are not aligned...
Nick Land (born 17 January 1962) is an English philosopher, who has been described as "the Godfather of accelerationism". His work has been tied to the...
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