Nick Bostrom (born Niklas Boström on 10 March 1973) is a Swedish philosopher. He is a professor at the University of Oxford, the founder and former director of the Future of Humanity Institute, and the author of Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. Further reading Khatchadourian, Raffi (2015) The doomsday invention: will artificial intelligence bring us utopia or destruction?, The New Yorker, November 16. External links Nick Bostrom. Official website. Radio Bostrom. Audio narrati...| forum.effectivealtruism.org
The long-term future focuses on possible ways in which the future of humanity may unfold over long timescales. Bostrom's typology of possible scenarios Nick Bostrom has identified four broad possibilities for the future of humanity.[1] First, humans may go prematurely extinct. Since the universe will eventually become inhospitable, extinction is inevitable in the very long run. However, it is also plausible that people will die out far before this deadline. Second, human civilization may plat...| forum.effectivealtruism.org