Nick Bostrom, Artificial Intelligence and the Values of a Transhuman

Posthumanism and Technology

In this lecture I talk about Nick Bostrom's version of post-humanism. I explain his ideas, using his Bostrom's "Future of Humanity" essay as a jumping off point. I also explain Bostrom's distinct rationalist version of post-humanism, I talk about what he has to say about values, how he tackles common-sense objections to post-humanism, and I wonder towards the end about some of the implications of Bostrom's post-humanism. I also draw on Bostrom's essay "Dignity and Enhancement."

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