Nick Bostrom (/ˈbɒstrəm/ BOST-rəm; Swedish: Niklas Boström [ˈnɪ̌kːlas ˈbûːstrœm]; born 10 March 1973 in Sweden) is a philosopher known for his work on...

Philosophy and the Oxford Martin School. Its director was philosopher Nick Bostrom, and its research staff included futurist Anders Sandberg and Giving...

documented modern version of the simulation hypothesis. In 2001, philosopher Nick Bostrom proposed the simulation argument, which suggests that if a civilization...

necessary for future human development. Transhumanist philosophers such as Nick Bostrom believe that genetic modification will be essential to improving human...

Dragon-Tyrant" is a 2005 fable about ageing and death by the Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom. It relates the misery inflicted by a dragon-tyrant (a personification...

ideals of the discredited eugenics movements of the past. According to Nick Bostrom, transcendentalist impulses have been expressed at least as far back...

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies is a 2014 book by the philosopher Nick Bostrom. It explores how superintelligence could be created and what its features...

maximizer thought experiment first described by Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom in 2003, a concept later discussed by multiple commentators. According...

critical moment in history when humanity's fate is decided. Edited by Nick Bostrom and Milan M. Ćirković, Global Catastrophic Risks was published in 2008...

harm or enable some agent to cause harm," as defined by philosopher Nick Bostrom in 2011, or as defined in the concept of information sensitivity. It...

associated with a technological singularity. University of Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom defines superintelligence as "any intellect that greatly exceeds the...

be one in which there were a lot of paper clips but no humans. — Nick Bostrom Bostrom emphasized that he does not believe the paperclip maximizer scenario...

Scholars like Nick Bostrom debate how far off superhuman intelligence is, and whether it poses a risk to mankind. According to Bostrom, a superintelligent...

underfunded. Nick Bostrom states that more research has been done on Star Trek, snowboarding, or dung beetles than on existential risks. Bostrom's comparisons...

Effects in Science and Philosophy (2002) is a book by philosopher Nick Bostrom. Bostrom investigates how to reason when one suspects that evidence is biased...

by 2050. Four polls of AI researchers, conducted in 2012 and 2013 by Nick Bostrom and Vincent C. Müller, suggested a confidence of 50% that human-level...

Association. In 1998, the World Transhumanist Association (WTA) was founded by Nick Bostrom and David Pearce. In 2002, it was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit...

non-mathematical, unpartisan introduction to the DA Nick Bostrom's response to Korb and Oliver Nick Bostrom's annotated collection of references Kopf, Krtouš...

real. The following cast members feature in the film as themselves: Nick Bostrom Joshua Cooke Erik Davis Philip K. Dick Alex LeVine Læo Mystwood Paul...

Mikael Boström, Finnish orienteering competitor Nick Bostrom, Swedish philosopher at Oxford Peter Boström, Swedish producer and songwriter Sixten Boström (born...

threats to its supremacy. The term was first defined by Nick Bostrom. According to Nick Bostrom, a singleton is an abstract concept that could be implemented...

SL4 he exchanged with people such as Eliezer Yudkowsky, Robin Hanson, Nick Bostrom, Aubrey de Grey, Anders Sandberg, Eric Drexler, David Pearce, Hal Finney...

physical law constraints as opposed to focusing on colonizing planets. Nick Bostrom suggests that some advanced beings may divest themselves entirely of...

Sam Harris, Eric Weinstein, Douglas Murray, David Goggins, Destiny, Nick Bostrom, and Patrick Moore. He has interviewed the authors of over 100 The New...

amounts of energy, the universe's purpose would thus be fulfilled. 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 Nick Bostrom and bioethicist James Hughes. The think tank aims to influence the development...

times as the prospect of superintelligent AI looms nearer, philosopher Nick Bostrom has said that superintelligent AI systems with goals that are not aligned...

many different formulations of the anthropic principle. Philosopher Nick Bostrom counts thirty, but the underlying principles can be divided into "weak"...

prospect of a runaway intelligence explosion influenced philosopher Nick Bostrom's 2014 book Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. Yudkowsky's...

Festival. The session also included Michael Hogan, as well as scientists Nick Bostrom and Kevin Warwick. In 2011, she appeared in the role of Kate Roberts...