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Background reference on one of the most influential figures in AI safety and existential risk; useful for understanding the intellectual origins of the field and key conceptual frameworks like superintelligence and orthogonality.
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Wikipedia biography of Nick Bostrom, Swedish philosopher at Oxford University known for foundational contributions to AI safety, existential risk, and transhumanism. He is best known for his book 'Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies' and for developing influential concepts like the simulation argument and the orthogonality thesis.
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- •Founded the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) at Oxford, a leading AI safety and existential risk research center
- •Authored 'Superintelligence' (2014), a seminal text arguing advanced AI poses existential risks if not carefully aligned with human values
- •Developed the orthogonality thesis: any level of intelligence can be combined with any terminal goal, motivating alignment concerns
- •Pioneer of existential risk as an academic field, arguing humanity-ending scenarios deserve serious philosophical and policy attention
- •Known for the simulation argument and work on anthropic reasoning, reflecting broader interest in humanity's long-term future
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Philosopher and writer (born 1973)
Nick Bostrom Bostrom in 2020 Born Niklas Boström
( 1973-03-10 ) 10 March 1973 (age 53)
Helsingborg , Sweden Spouse Susan [ 2 ] Education Education University of Gothenburg ( BA )
Stockholm University ( MA )
King's College London ( MSc )
London School of Economics ( PhD )
Thesis Observational Selection Effects and Probability  (2000) Doctoral advisor Colin Howson
Craig Callender [ 1 ] Philosophical work Era Contemporary philosophy Region Western philosophy School Analytic philosophy [ 2 ] Institutions Yale University
University of Oxford
Future of Humanity Institute Main interests Philosophy of artificial intelligence
Bioethics Notable ideas Anthropic bias
Reversal test
Simulation hypothesis
Vulnerable world hypothesis
Existential risk studies
Singleton
Ancestor simulation
Information hazard
Infinitarian paralysis [ 3 ]
Self-indication assumption
Self-sampling assumption
Website nickbostrom .com
Transhumanism
Issues
Accelerating change
Eradication of suffering
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Human enhancement
Genetic
Moral
Neuro-
Cognitive liberty
New eugenics
Eugenics
Human nature
Meliorism
Post-politics
Post-scarcity
People
Andrews
Bostrom
Church
Cordeiro
de Chardin
Drexler
Fahy
FM-2030
Freitas
Fyodorov
Fuller
de Garis
Gasson
Goertzel
de Grey
Haldane
Hanson
Harari
Harbisson
Harris
Huxley
Hughes
Istvan
Johnson
Kurzweil
Land
Moen
Moravec
More
Musk
Pearce
Rothblatt
Sandberg
Savulescu
Sorgner
Spencer
Stock
Stolyarov
Thiel
Vinge
Vita-More
Walker
Warwick
Wiener
Yudkowsky
Influential works
The Dialectic of Sex (1970)
Metaman (1993)
The Hedonistic Imperative (1995)
The Age of Spiritual Machines (1999)
Citizen Cyborg (2004)
The Singularity Is Near (2005)
Human Enhancement (2009)
Fanged Noumena (2011)
The Transhumanist Wager (2013)
Sapiens (2014)
Homo Deus (2015)
The Transhumanist Bill of Rights (2015)
The Age of Em (2016)
The Precipice (2020)
What We Owe the Future (2022)
" Techno-Optimist Manifesto " (2023)
Variants
Accelerationism
Effective
Cypherpunk
Dataism
Extropianism
Immortalism
Longtermism
Postgenderism
Posthumanism
Russian Cosmism
Singularitarianism
Technogaianism
Technolibertarianism
Technological utopianism
Techno-progressivism
Related topics
Dyson sphere
Technologies
Emerging
Disruptive
Hypothetical
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