Nick Bostrom
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Nick Bostrom (born Niklas Boström in 1973) is a philosopher at the University of Oxford known for his work on the anthropic principle. He holds a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics (2000).
In addition to his prolific writing for academic and popular press, Bostrom makes frequent media appearances in which he talks about transhumanism-related topics such as cloning, artificial intelligence, mind uploading, cryonics, nanotechnology, and the simulation argument.
In 1998, Bostrom co-founded (with David Pearce) the World Transhumanist Association. In 2004, he co-founded (with James Hughes) the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Bostrom currently serves as the Chair of both organizations. In 2005 he was appointed Director of the newly created Oxford Future of Humanity Institute.
[edit] Books
- Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy, ISBN 0-415-93858-9
[edit] See also
- Simulated reality
- Doomsday argument
- Simulation argument
- Differential technological development
- Risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth
[edit] External links
- Nick Bostrom's homepage.
- Bostrom's Anthropic Principle page, containing information about the anthropic principle and the Doomsday argument.
- Bostrom's Simulation Argument page.
- Oxford Future of Humanity Institute
- The Guardian interviews Bostrom about the World Transhumanist Association
- Interview on transhumanism
