Books written by Nick Bostrom

  • Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

    Good, Irving John. 1965. “Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machine.” In Advances in Computers, edited by Franz L. Alt and Morris Rubinoff, 6:31–88. New York: Academic Press. Good, Irving John. 1970.

  • Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

    The same could happen if fixes are found for some of the bureaucratic deformations that warp organizational life—wasteful status games, mission creep, concealment or falsification of information, and other agency problems.

  • Global Catastrophic Risks

    This book focuses on such risks arising from natural catastrophes (Earth-based or beyond), nuclear war, terrorism, biological weapons, totalitarianism, advanced nanotechnology, artificial intelligence and social collapse.

  • Human Enhancement

    Would this take us beyond the bounds of human nature? These are questions that need to be answered now.

  • Superintelligence

    Mais comment s’assurer qu’une superintelligence ne se révèlera pas hostile à la survie de l’humanité ?

  • Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy

    Anthropic Bias explores how to reason when you suspect that your evidence is biased by "observation selection effects"--that is, evidence that has been filtered by the precondition that there be some suitably positioned observer to "have" ...

  • Global Catastrophic Risks

    This is invaluable reading for anyone interested in the big issues of our time; for students focusing on science, society, technology, and public policy; and for academics, policy-makers, and professionals working in these acutely important ...

  • Human Enhancement

    Some top athletes boost their performance with legal and illegal substances. Many an office worker begins each day with a dose of caffeine. This is only the beginning.

  • Superintelligence

    Mais comment s’assurer qu’une superintelligence ne se révèlera pas hostile à la survie de l’humanité ?