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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 high-level subgoal. The idea here is that you have some evaluation standard that is fixed, and you form some overall plan…
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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 unlikely to run a significant number of simulations of their evolutionary history (or variations thereof); (3) we ar…
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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 evolved complexity. When we try to enhance poorly-understood complex evolved systems, our interventions often fail or b…
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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 made widely available, that individuals should have broad discretion over which of these technologies to apply to t…
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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 colonization of the universe is delayed, there is therefore an opportunity cost: a potential good, lives worth living, is…
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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 begin to stake out a position. Read the full paper: https://nickbostrom.com/propositions.pdf More episodes at: htt…
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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 nanotechnology. Read the full paper: https://nickbostrom.com/revolutions.pdf More episodes at: https://radiobostrom.com…
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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 paper: https://nickbostrom.com/fable/dragon More episodes at: https://radiobostrom.com/ ---…
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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 importance, issues surrounding human-extinction risks and related hazards remain poorly understood. In this paper, …
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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/none-of-our-technologies-has-managed-to-destroy-humanity-yet Links: - The Vulnerable World Hypothesis (2019) (original academic pape…
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This series presents an introductory selection of Bostrom's work. We have narrated many more of Nick Bostrom's papers. You can find them at radiobostrom.com. This episode includes: Part 1. An abridged version of Nick Bostrom's biography Part 2. An abridged version of a text where he summarises the motivation and scope of his work. Part 3. Bostrom's…
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