Nick Bostrom's "simulation argument" purports to show that if it is possible to create and run a vast number of computer simulations indistinguishable from the reality we are living in, then it is highly probable that we are already living in a computer simulation. However, the simulation ...
Nick Bostromdoesn't rule out the possibility that he might be part of a computer simulation. Find out why in this episode of thePhilosophy Bitespodcast. Listen to Nick Bostrom on the Simulation Argument Listen to Nick Bostrom on Status Quo Bias on the Bioethics Bites podcast Philosophy Bitesis...
His work has pioneered many of the ideas that frame current thinking about humanity’s future (such as the concept of an existential risk, the simulation argument, the vulnerable world hypothesis, the unilateralist’s curse, etc.), while some of his recent work concerns the moral status of ...
His work has pioneered many of the ideas that frame current thinking about humanity’s future (such as the concept of an existential risk, the simulation argument, the vulnerable world hypothesis, the unilateralist’s curse, etc.), while some of his recent work concerns the moral status of ...
Nick Bostrom is founding director of theFuture of Humanity Instituteat the University of Oxford. Bostrom has published many influential books and papers, including ones that introduce the concept of existential risk and the simulation argument. His bookSuperintelligencehelped spark a global conversation ...
As a philosopher, Bostrom envisioned a future full of human enhancement, nanotechnology and machine intelligence long before they became mainstream concerns. From his famous simulation argument -- which identified some striking implications of rejecting the Matrix-like idea that humans are living in a ...
Argues against George Sower's refutation of the doomsday argument, and outlines what I think is the real flaw. Cars In the Other Lane Really Do Go Faster When driving on the motorway, have you ever wondered about (and cursed!) the fact that cars in the other lane seem to be getting ah...
它们可能与我早期一些我们没有讨论过的工作有关,比如“模拟论证”(simulation argument)之类的。所以,如果我们身处一个模拟之中,那么模拟者大概就是超级智能。所以,在他们的层面上,超级智能可能存在。当然,在传统的有神论观念中,有上帝,祂将是超级智能。所有这些不同类型的更高级的超级存在,我都会将其视为这个抽象...
An advanced Introduction to observation selection theory and its application to the cosmological fine-tuning problem. The Doomsday argument and the Self-Indication Assumption: Reply to Olum Argues against Olum and the Self-Indication Assumption.
Simulation ArgumentCharles TandyEmulation ArgumentJohn SearleMentalityConsciousnessComputersFuture Of ConsciousnessNick Bostrom's posited computer simulated world would be real and the simulated persons in it would have mentality. However, John Searle has shown that computerSocial Science Electronic Publishing...