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 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 a...
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 ...
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...
obwohl sie gedanklich interessant ist und unter Umständen einige subtile praktische Konsequenzen birgt. Ich möchte überdies jede Gelegenheit nutzen, um zu betonen, dass das Simulations-Argument nicht zeigt, dass wir in einer Computer-Simulation leben, sondern lediglich, dass mindestens eine ...
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...