Nick Bostrom

Nick Bostrom

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Nick Bostrom (langˈbɒstrəm; born 10 March 1973) is a Swedish philosopher and futurist known for suggesting that future advances in artificial intelligence research may pose a supreme danger to humanity, if the problem of control has not been solved before superintelligence is brought into being. In addition to AI Singleton takeover and deliberate extermination-of-humanity scenarios, Bostrom cautions that even when given an innocuous task, a superintelligence might ruthlessly optimise, and destroy humankind as a side effect. He says that although there are potentially great benefits from AI, the problem of control should be the absolute priority. Bostrom is the author of over 200 publications, including Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (2014), a New York Times bestseller and Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy (2002). In 2009 and 2015, he was included in Foreign Policy 's Top 100 Global Thinkers list. Bostrom's work on superintelligence – and his concern for its existential risk to humanity over the coming century – has brought both Elon Musk and Bill Gates to similar thinking.
Nick Bostrom (langˈbɒstrəm; born 10 March 1973) is a Swedish philosopher and futurist known for suggesting that future advances in artificial intelligence research may pose a supreme danger to humanity, if the problem of control has not been solved before superintelligence is brought into being. In addition to AI Singleton takeover and deliberate extermination-of-humanity scenarios, Bostrom cautions that even when given an innocuous task, a superintelligence might ruthlessly optimise, and destroy humankind as a side effect. He says that although there are potentially great benefits from AI, the problem of control should be the absolute priority. Bostrom is the author of over 200 publications, including Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (2014), a New York Times bestseller and Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy (2002). In 2009 and 2015, he was included in Foreign Policy 's Top 100 Global Thinkers list. Bostrom's work on superintelligence – and his concern for its existential risk to humanity over the coming century – has brought both Elon Musk and Bill Gates to similar thinking.