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.
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.
Bostrom was also the co-founder (with David Pearce) of the World Transhumanist Association; as of July 2006, he is the chair of that institution. In 2004, along with James Hughes, Bostrom co-founded the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. In 2005 he was appointed Director of the newly created Oxford Future of Humanity Institute.
Books
- Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy, ISBN 0415938589
See also
- Doomsday argument
- Simulation argument
- Differential technological development
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]
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