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Philosopher at Oxford; Director of the Macrostrategy Research Initiative
Nick Bostrom is an Oxford philosopher known for his work on existential risk, the simulation argument, and transhumanism. He founded the Future of Humanity Institute (2005-2024) and the Macrostrategy Research Initiative (2024-present), and co-founded the World Transhumanist Association (now Humanity+) with David Pearce in 1998. Bostrom's work, including his book *Superintelligence*, has sparked significant discussion on the future of artificial intelligence and its potential impact.
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Bostrom's Simulation Argument is not a direct claim that we live in a simulation but a trilemma in which he assigns no probability to which horn is true
Source: Multiple agents in the research summary, including pseudoscience-historian, parapsychologist, antiquarian-books-expert, and global-historian
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Born
March 10, 1973 · Helsingborg, Sweden
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Swedish
Current Role
Philosopher at Oxford; Director of the Macrostrategy Research Initiative
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Plato's philosophical works, particularly his epistemology and metaphysics, have influenced Bostrom's philosophical thinking and argumentation.
Both are prominent researchers in existential risk and artificial intelligence safety, working in overlapping academic communities at Oxford and MIT respectively.
Both are prominent researchers in existential risk and artificial intelligence safety, working in overlapping academic communities at Oxford and MIT respectively.
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Philosopher
Institutional affiliation of Nick Bostrom, identified in the research as the Oxford philosopher who published the 2003 Simulation Argument trilemma that anchors the modern dimension of the inquiry.
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