#83 – Nick Bostrom: Simulation and Superintelligence
March 26, 2020
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Episode 83 · March 26, 2020
#83 – Nick Bostrom: Simulation and Superintelligence
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#83 – Nick Bostrom: Simulation and Superintelligence
Summary
<p>Nick Bostrom is a philosopher at University of Oxford and the director of the Future of Humanity Institute. He has worked on fascinating and important ideas in existential risks, simulation hypothesis, human enhancement ethics, and the risks of superintelligent AI systems, including in his book Superintelligence. I can see talking to Nick multiple times on this podcast, many hours each time, but we have to start somewhere.</p>
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<p>EPISODE LINKS:<br />
Nick’s website: <a href="https://nickbostrom.com/">https://nickbostrom.com/</a><br />
Future of Humanity Institute:<br />
– <a href="https://twitter.com/fhioxford">https://twitter.com/fhioxford</a><br />
– <a href="https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/">https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/</a><br />
Books:<br />
– Superintelligence: <a href="https://amzn.to/2JckX83">https://amzn.to/2JckX83</a><br />
Wikipedia:<br />
– <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis</a><br />
– <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_indifference">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_indifference</a><br />
– <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_argument">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_argument</a><br />
– <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_catastrophic_risk">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_catastrophic_risk</a></p>
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