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This Wikidata page is a structured data reference for Nick Bostrom, a central figure in AI safety and existential risk; useful for verifying biographical facts or linking to his works programmatically.
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This is the Wikidata structured data entry for Nick Bostrom, the philosopher and AI safety researcher known for his work on existential risk, superintelligence, and the simulation hypothesis. Wikidata provides machine-readable biographical and bibliographical metadata about him as a notable figure in the field.
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- •Nick Bostrom is a Swedish-born philosopher at the University of Oxford and founder of the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI).
- •He is best known for his book 'Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies' (2014), a foundational text in AI safety.
- •Bostrom developed influential concepts including the orthogonality thesis, instrumental convergence, and the simulation argument.
- •This Wikidata entry serves as a structured reference linking his works, affiliations, and biographical data across knowledge bases.
- •His work has significantly shaped public and academic discourse on long-term AI risk and existential risk research.
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philosopher and writer (born 1973) Nick Boström
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Nick Bostrom
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Niklas Boström
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Nick Bostrom
philosopher and writer (born 1973)
Nick Boström
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human
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datos.bne.es
retrieved
9 March 2024
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
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13 August 2020
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male
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7723572
retrieved
4 November 2018
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Sweden
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English Wikipedia
birth name
Niklas Boström (Swedish)
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https://ru.wikipedia.org/?oldid=99557439
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Niklas
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Boström
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10 March 1973
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Helsingborg
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English
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129852945
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2 May 2020
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152119139
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philosopher
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university teacher
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