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 ...
From his famous simulation argument -- which identified some striking implications of rejecting the Matrix-like idea that humans are living in a computer simulation -- to his work on existential risk, he approaches both the inevitable and the speculative using the tools of philosophy, probability ...
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...
书中提出的“智能爆炸”假说,即 AI 一旦具备自我迭代优化的能力,其智能水平便可能在短时间内以指数级态势急剧膨胀,将人类远远甩在身后,这引发了一系列问题,使得《超级智能》的警钟长鸣于世。 从此,Nick Bostrom 的名字几乎与“AI 风险吹哨人”画上等号,引发全球对技术失控、人机对齐、人工智能安全的普遍关切,比如...
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.