Philosopher
Nick Bostrom
Overview
Nick Bostrom ( BOST-rəm; Swedish: Niklas Boström [ˈnɪ̌kːlas ˈbûːstrœm]; born 10 March 1973) 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 later defunct Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford and has become Principal Researcher at the Macrostrategy Research Initiative.
Bostrom is the author of Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy (2002), 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.
Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).
Philosophers who discussed Nick Bostrom
- David Pearce (philosopher)
- Marquis de Condorcet
- Daniel Dennett
- Edge.org
- Anders Sandberg
- Julian Savulescu
- Stefan Lorenz Sorgner
Ideas Nick Bostrom discusses
- Subjective character of experience
- Instrumental and intrinsic value
- Artificial intelligence
- Genetic engineering
- Philosophy
- Bachelor of Arts
- Analytic philosophy
- Sentience
- The Guardian
- Stephen Hawking
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Physics
- Peter Singer
- David Pearce (philosopher)
- British Academy
- Transhumanism
- The New York Times
- University of Oxford
- Philosophy Now
- Willard Van Orman Quine
- Yale University
- Master of Arts
- Morality
- Oxford University Press
Place in the tradition
Part of Consciousness.