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An Introduction to Nick Bostrom

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Letter from Utopia (2020)

August 25, 2022 · 20 min

By Nick Bostrom. Abstract: The good life: just how good could it be? A vision of the future from the future. Read the full paper: https://nickbostrom.com/utopia More episodes at: https://radiobostrom.com/
Base Camp for Mount Ethics (2022)

August 25, 2022 · 59 min

By Nick Bostrom. Draft version 0.9 Abstract: New theoretical ideas for a big expedition in metaethics. Read the full paper: https://nickbostrom.com/papers/mountethics.pdf More episodes at: https://radiobostrom.com/…
11. Crucial Considerations and Wise Philanthropy (2014)

August 25, 2022 · 35 min

By Nick Bostrom. Abstract: Within a utilitarian context, one can perhaps try to explicate [crucial considerations] as follows: a crucial consideration is a consideration that radically changes the expected value of pursuing some…
10. Are You Living In A Computer Simulation? (2003)

August 25, 2022 · 38 min

By Nick Bostrom. Abstract: This paper argues that at least one of the following propositions is true: (1) the human species is very likely to go extinct before reaching a “posthuman” stage; (2) any posthuman civilization is extremely…
The Evolutionary Optimality Challenge (2021)

August 25, 2022 · 1 hr 10 min

By Nick Bostrom, Anders Sandberg, and Matthew van der Merwe. This is an updated version of The Wisdom of Nature, first published in the book Human Enhancement (Oxford University Press, 2009). Abstract: Human beings are a marvel of…

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In Defense of Posthuman Dignity (2005)

August 25, 2022 · 35 min

By Nick Bostrom. Abstract: Positions on the ethics of human enhancement technologies can be (crudely) characterized as ranging from transhumanism to bioconservatism. Transhumanists believe that human enhancement technologies should be…
Astronomical Waste: The Opportunity Cost of Delayed Technological Development (2003)

August 25, 2022 · 20 min

By Nick Bostrom. Abstract: With very advanced technology, a very large population of people living happy lives could be sustained in the accessible region of the universe. For every year that development of such technologies and…
Propositions Concerning Digital Minds and Society (2022)

August 25, 2022 · 1 hr 12 min

By Nick Bostrom & Carl Shulman. Draft version 1.10. AIs with moral status and political rights? We'll need a modus vivendi, and it’s becoming urgent to figure out the parameters for that. This paper makes a load of specific claims that…
Technological Revolutions: Ethics & Policy in the Dark (2006)

August 25, 2022 · 1 hr 24 min

By Nick Bostrom. Abstract: Technological revolutions are among the most important things that happen to humanity. This paper discusses some of the ethical and policy issues raised by anticipated technological revolutions, such as…
The Fable of The Dragon Tyrant (2005)

August 25, 2022 · 44 min

By Nick Bostrom. Abstract: Recounts the Tale of a most vicious Dragon that ate thousands of people every day, and of the actions that the King, the People, and an assembly of Dragonologists took with respect thereto. Read the full…
3. Existential Risk Prevention as Global Priority (2012)

August 25, 2022 · 1 hr 32 min

By Nick Bostrom. Abstract: Existential risks are those that threaten the entire future of humanity. Many theories of value imply that even relatively small reductions in net existential risk have enormous expected value. Despite their…
2. How Vulnerable is the World? (2021)

August 25, 2022 · 23 min

By Nick Bostrom and Matthew van der Merwe. Abstract: Sooner or later a technology capable of wiping out human civilisation might be invented. How far would we go to stop it? Read the full paper: https://aeon.co/essays/…

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About the show

A deep dive into Nick Bostrom's ideas, including: existential risk, wise philanthropy, the ethics of AI, transhumanism, and the case for speeding up some investments in technology while slowing down others.