Radio Bostrom

Audio narrations of academic papers by Nick Bostrom.

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  Episode #29

  AI Creation and the Cosmic Host (2024)

  Aug 8, 20241 minS0

  <p>By Nick Bostrom.<br><br><b>Abstract:</b><br>There may well exist a normative structure, based on the preferences or concordats of a cosmic host, and which has high relevance to the development of A-eye. In particular, we may have both moral and prudential reason to create superintelligence that becomes a good cosmic citizen—that is conforms to cosmic norms and contributes positively to the cosmopolis. An exclusive focus on promoting the welfare of the human species and other terrestrial beings, or an insistence that our own norms must at all cost prevail, may be objectionable and unwise. Su...

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  Episode #28

  Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World (2024)

  Mar 18, 20242 minS0

  <p>Nick Bostrom’s latest book, Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World, will be published on 27th March, 2024. It’s available to pre-order now:<br/><br/> https://nickbostrom.com/deep-utopia/ <br/><br/>The publisher describes the book as follows: <br/><br/>A greyhound catching the mechanical lure—what would he actually do with it? Has he given this any thought? <br/><br/>Bostrom’s previous book, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies changed the global conversation on AI and became a New York Times bestseller. It focused on what might happen if AI development goes wrong. But what if things g...

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  Episode #27

  The Unilateralist’s Curse and the Case for a Principle of Conformity (2016)

  Aug 26, 202242 minS0

  <p>By Nick Bostrom, Thomas Douglas & Anders Sandberg.<br/><br/><b>Abstract:<br/></b>In some situations a number of agents each have the ability to undertake an initiative that would have significant effects on the others. Suppose that each of these agents is purely motivated by an altruistic concern for the common good. We show that if each agent acts on her own personal judgment as to whether the initiative should be undertaken, then the initiative will be undertaken more often than is optimal. We suggest that this phenomenon, which we call the unilateralist’s curse, arises in many co...

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  Episode #26

  In Defense of Posthuman Dignity (2005)

  Aug 25, 202235 minS0

  <p>By Nick Bostrom.<br/><br/><b>Abstract:</b><br/>Positions on the ethics of human enhancement technologies can be (crudely) characterized as ranging from transhumanism to bioconservatism. Transhumanists believe that human enhancement technologies should be made widely available, that individuals should have broad discretion over which of these technologies to apply to themselves, and that parents should normally have the right to choose enhancements for their children-to-be. Bioconservatives (whose ranks include such diverse writers as Leon Kass, Francis Fukuyama, George Annas, Wesley Smith, Jeremy Rifkin, and Bill McKibben) are generally opposed to the use of technology to modify human...

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  Episode #25

  A Primer on the Doomsday Argument (1999)

  Aug 24, 202213 minS0

  <p>By Nick Bostrom.<br/><b><br/>Abstract:</b><br/>Rarely does philosophy produce empirical predictions. The Doomsday argument is an important exception. From seemingly trivial premises it seeks to show that the risk that humankind will go extinct soon has been systematically underestimated. Nearly everybody's first reaction is that there must be something wrong with such an argument. Yet despite being subjected to intense scrutiny by a growing number of philosophers, no simple flaw in the argument has been identified.<br/><br/><b>Read the full paper:</b><br/>https://anthropic-principle.com/q=anthropic_principle/doomsday_argument/<br/><br/><...

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