#83 – Nick Bostrom: Simulation and Superintelligence

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Lex Fridman

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2020

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Nick Bostrom is a philosopher at University of Oxford and the director of the Future of Humanity Institute. He has worked on fascinating and important ideas in existential risks, simulation hypothesis, human enhancement ethics, and the risks of superintelligent AI systems, including in his book Superintelligence. I can see talking to Nick multiple times on this podcast, many hours each time, but we have to start somewhere. Support this podcast by signing up with these sponsors: – Cash App – use code “LexPodcast” and download: – Cash App (App Store): https://apple.co/2sPrUHe – Cash App (Google Play): https://bit.ly/2MlvP5w EPISODE LINKS: Nick’s

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0:00.0	The following is a conversation with Nick Bostrom, a philosopher at University of Oxford
0:05.5	and the director of the Future of Humanity Institute.
0:08.8	He has worked on fascinating and important ideas in existential risk, simulation hypothesis,
0:15.0	human enhancement ethics, and the risks of super-intelligent AI systems, including in his book, Super-Intelligence.
0:23.2	I can see talking to Nick multiple times in this podcast, many hours each time, because
0:27.9	he has done some incredible work in artificial intelligence, in technology, space, science,
0:34.5	and really philosophy in general.
0:36.3	But we have to start somewhere.
0:38.9	This conversation was recorded before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic that both
0:43.8	Nick and I, I'm sure, will have a lot to say about next time we speak.
0:48.7	And perhaps that is for the best, because the deepest lessons can be learned only in retrospect
0:54.5	when the storm has passed.
0:56.7	I do recommend you read many of his papers on the topic of existential risk, including
1:01.3	the Technical Report titled Global Catastrophic Risks Survey that he co-authored with Anders
1:07.7	Sandberg.
1:09.4	For everyone feeling the medical, psychological, and financial burden of this crisis, I'm sending
1:14.1	love your way.
1:15.6	Stay strong.
1:16.6	We're in this together.
1:17.6	We'll beat this thing.
1:20.8	This is the Artificial Intelligence Podcast.
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