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Nick Bostrom

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Nick Bostrom ( BOST-rəm; Swedish: Niklas Boström [ˈnɪ̌kːlas ˈbûːstrœm]; born 10 March 1973) is a philosopher known for his work on existential risk, the anthropic principle, human enhancement ethics, whole brain emulation, superintelligence risks, and the reversal test. He was the founding director of the now dissolved Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford and is now Principal Researcher at the Macrostrategy Research Initiative. Bostrom is the author of Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy (2002), Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (2014) and Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World (2024). Bostrom believes that advances in artificial intelligence (AI) may lead to superintelligence, which he defines as "any intellect that greatly exceeds the cognitive performance of humans in virtually all domains of interest". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nick Bostrom is the 1,171st most popular philosopher (up from 1,200th in 2019), the 866th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 953rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swedish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Nick Bostrom ranks 1,171 out of 1,267. Before him are Barbara Cassin, Patricia Hill Collins, Bernard Bosanquet, Dieter Henrich, Friedrich Gogarten, and Papirius Fabianus. After him are John Finnis, David Malet Armstrong, John McDowell, Richard Price, Richard Posner, and Hendrik Adamson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Nick Bostrom ranks 204. Before him are Omar Epps, Peter Forsberg, Mick Thomson, Jeon Do-yeon, Mark Shuttleworth, and Eduardo Noriega. After him are Patrik Berger, Jan Magnussen, Kris Marshall, Steven Ogg, Michel Pensée, and Peter Facinelli.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Nick Bostrom ranks 866 out of 1,879. Before him are David Dencik (1974), Lukas Moodysson (1969), Frank Heller (1886), Gösta Åsbrink (1881), Margaret of Sweden, Queen of Norway (1155), and Sven Fahlman (1914). After him are Mona Malm (1935), Gunder Hägg (1918), Ivan Betskoy (1704), Tomas Alfredson (1965), Leonard Peterson (1885), and Kjell Rosén (1921).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Sweden

Among philosophers born in Sweden, Nick Bostrom ranks 5. Before him are Emanuel Swedenborg (1688), Johan Vilhelm Snellman (1806), Lars Gustafsson (1936), and Caspar Bartholin the Elder (1585). After him are Sara Danius (1962).

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