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Professor Nick Bostrom, Director of the Future of Humanity Institute, will explore the huge technological, scientific and environmental shifts that have led to humanity’s current state, and consider the choices that will determine our long-term future.
Oxford Martin School,
University of Oxford
www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
Nick Bostrom discusses Existential Risk, Superintelligence, and the Future of Humanity Institute
http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk Transcription of this interview available here: http://hplusmagazine.com/2013/03/12/interivew-with-nick-bostrom/
Questions & talking points: - What does Existential Risk mean and why is it an important topic? - Why the focus on Machine Intelligence? - Eugenics & Genetic Selection? - Germline Gene Therapy verses Somatic Gene Therapy? - Machines Enhancement vs Human Enhancement. - Solving the Control Problem - Transhumanism and its History
Professor Nick Bostrom
Director & James Martin Research Fellow
Nick Bostrom is Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University and founding Director of the Future of Humanity Institute and of the Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology within the Oxford Martin School. He is the author of some 200 publications, including Anthropic Bias (Routledge, 2002), Global Catastrophic Risks (ed., OUP, 2008), and Human Enhancement (ed., OUP, 2009), and a forthcoming book on Superintelligence. He previously taught at Yale, and he was a Postdoctoral Fellow of the British Academy. Bostrom has a background in physics, computational neuroscience, and mathematical logic as well as philosophy.
He is best known for his work in five areas: (i) the concept of existential risk; (ii) the simulation argument; (iii) anthropics (developing the first mathematically explicit theory of observation selection effects); (iv) transhumanism, including related issues in bioethics and on consequences of future technologies; and (v) foundations and practical implications of consequentialism. He is currently working on a book on the possibility of an intelligence explosion and on the existential risks and strategic issues related to the prospect of machine superintelligence.
In 2009, he was awarded the Eugene R. Gannon Award (one person selected annually worldwide from the fields of philosophy, mathematics, the arts and other humanities, and the natural sciences). He has been listed in the FP 100 Global Thinkers list, the Foreign Policy Magazine's list of the world's top 100 minds. His writings have been translated into more than 21 languages, and there have been some 80 translations or reprints of his works. He has done more than 500 interviews for TV, film, radio, and print media, and he has addressed academic and popular audiences around the world.
CV: http://www.nickbostrom.com/cv.pdf
Personal Web: http://www.nickbostrom.com/
http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/our_staff/research/nick_bostrom
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- published: 24 Feb 2013
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Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom began thinking of a future full of human enhancement, nanotechnology and cloning long before they became mainstream concerns. Bostrom approaches both the inevitable and the speculative using the tools of philosophy, bioethics and probability.
Nick is Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University and founding Director of the Future of Humanity Institute and of the Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology within the Oxford Martin School. He's also the co-founder and chair of both the World Transhumanist Association, which advocates the use of technology to extend human capabilities and lifespans, and the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies.
TEDxOxford is organised by University of Oxford students, aiming to bring together the young minds of tomorrow's world with the movers and shakers of today. TEDxOxford is kindly sponsored by Neptune Investment Management - http://www.neptunefunds.com
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
- published: 26 Mar 2013
- views: 145070
Dr Sean O hEigeartaigh
James Martin Academic Project Manager with the Oxford Martin Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology
Seán has a background in genetics, having recently finished his phD in molecular evolution in Trinity College Dublin where he focused on programmed ribosomal frameshifting and comparative genomic approaches to improve genome annotation. He is also the cofounder of a successful voluntary arts organisation in Ireland that now runs popular monthly events and an annual outdoor festival.
The Future of Humanity Institute is the leading research centre looking at big-picture questions for human civilization. The last few centuries have seen tremendous change, and this century might transform the human condition in even more fundamental ways. Using the tools of mathematics, philosophy, and science, we explore the risks and opportunities that will arise from technological change, weigh ethical dilemmas, and evaluate global priorities. Our goal is to clarify the choices that will shape humanity's long-term future.
the Future of Humanity Institute: http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/
- published: 24 Jan 2013
- views: 1900
http://www.winterintelligence.org/ Winter Intelligence 2012 Oxford University
"Competition is an inescapable occurrence in the animate and even in the inanimate universe. To give our minds the flexibility to transfer and to operate in different substrates bestows upon our species the most important competitive advantage."
(http://www.tedxtallinn.org/randal-koene/)
Dr. Randal A. Koene is CEO and Founder of the not-for-profit science foundation Carboncopies.org as well as the neural interfaces company NeuraLink Co. Dr. Koene is Science Director of the 2045 Initiative and a scientific board member in several neurotechnology companies and organizations.
Dr. Koene is a neuroscientist with a focus on neural interfaces, neuroprostheses and the precise functional reconstruction of neural tissue, a multi-disciplinary field known as (whole) brain emulation. Koene's work has emphasized the promotion of feasible technological solutions and "big-picture" roadmapping aspects of the field. Activities since 1994 include science-curation such as bringing together experts and projects in cutting-edge research and development that advance key portions of the field.
Randal Koene was Director of Analysis at the Silicon Valley nanotechnology company Halcyon Molecular (2010-2012) and Director of the Department of Neuroengineering at Tecnalia, the third largest private research organization in Europe (2008-2010). Dr. Koene founded the Neural Engineering Corporation (Massachusetts) and was a research professor at Boston University's Center for Memory and Brain. Dr. Koene earned his Ph.D. in Computational Neuroscience at the Department of Psychology at McGill University, as well as an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in Information Theory at Delft University of Technology. He is a core member of the University of Oxford working group that convened in 2007 to create the first roadmap toward whole brain emulation (a term Koene proposed in 2000). Dr. Koene's professional expertise includes computational neuroscience, neural engineering, psychology, information theory, electrical engineering and physics.
In collaboration with the VU University Amsterdam, Dr. Koene led the creation of NETMORPH (netmorph.org), a computational framework for the simulated morphological development of large-scale high-resolution neuroanatomically realistic neuronal circuitry.
Publications, presentations and interviews are listed on Dr. Koene's personal site randalkoene.com.
http://rak.minduploading.org/Home/bio-randal-a-koene
- published: 21 Apr 2013
- views: 425
Ben Goertzel, Joscha Bach, David Hanson - http://winterintelligence.org
- published: 11 May 2013
- views: 1618
October 2008: Showcase: Future of Humanity Institute - Professor Nick Bostrom
Oxford Martin School,
University of Oxford
www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
- published: 17 Sep 2013
- views: 136
From the Oxford University 2010 Alumni Weekend. Nick Bostrom, director of the Future of Humanity Institute gives a talk on ideas surrounding future scenarios on what might happen to the human race in the future, from ideas of total extinction to post-humanity.
Video/Audio downloadable format here: http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/future-humanity
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- published: 23 Feb 2015
- views: 3058
Nick Bostrom says there are not all that many people focusing on Existential Risks related to Machine Intelligence. See article: www.scifuture.org/nick-bostrom-why-focus-on-existential-risk-related-to-machine-intelligence/
See article: Existential risks are those that threaten the entire future of humanity. Many theories of value imply that even relatively small reductions in net existential risk have enormous expected value. Despite their importance, issues surrounding human-extinction risks and related hazards remain poorly understood. In this paper, I clarify the concept of existential risk and develop an improved classification scheme. I discuss the relation between existential risks and basic issues in axiology, and show how existential risk reduction (via the maxipok rule) can serve as a strongly action-guiding principle for utilitarian concerns. I also show how the notion of existential risk suggests a new way of thinking about the ideal of sustainability.
http://www.existential-risk.org
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ExistentialRisk/
http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk - Future of Humanity Institute
Professor Nick Bostrom
Director & James Martin Research Fellow
Nick Bostrom is Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University and founding Director of the Future of Humanity Institute and of the Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology within the Oxford Martin School. He is the author of some 200 publications, including Anthropic Bias (Routledge, 2002), Global Catastrophic Risks (ed., OUP, 2008), and Human Enhancement (ed., OUP, 2009), and a forthcoming book on Superintelligence. He previously taught at Yale, and he was a Postdoctoral Fellow of the British Academy. Bostrom has a background in physics, computational neuroscience, and mathematical logic as well as philosophy.
He is best known for his work in five areas: (i) the concept of existential risk; (ii) the simulation argument; (iii) anthropics (developing the first mathematically explicit theory of observation selection effects); (iv) transhumanism, including related issues in bioethics and on consequences of future technologies; and (v) foundations and practical implications of consequentialism. He is currently working on a book on the possibility of an intelligence explosion and on the existential risks and strategic issues related to the prospect of machine superintelligence.
In 2009, he was awarded the Eugene R. Gannon Award (one person selected annually worldwide from the fields of philosophy, mathematics, the arts and other humanities, and the natural sciences). He has been listed in the FP 100 Global Thinkers list, the Foreign Policy Magazine's list of the world's top 100 minds. His writings have been translated into more than 21 languages, and there have been some 80 translations or reprints of his works. He has done more than 500 interviews for TV, film, radio, and print media, and he has addressed academic and popular audiences around the world.
CV: http://www.nickbostrom.com/cv.pdf
Personal Web: http://www.nickbostrom.com/
http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/our_staff/research/nick_bostrom
- published: 12 Mar 2013
- views: 551
Daniel Dewey is a research fellow in the Oxford Martin Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology at the Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford. His research includes paths and timelines to machine superintelligence, the possibility of intelligence explosion, and the strategic and technical challenges arising from these possibilities. Previously, Daniel worked as a software engineer at Google, did research at Intel Research Pittsburgh, and studied computer science and philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University. He is also a research associate at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute.
http://www.tedxvienna.at/
http://www.facebook.com/tedxvienna
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
- published: 06 Dec 2013
- views: 107943
Future of Humanity Institute
The Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) is an interdisciplinary research centre focused on predicting and preventing large-scale risks to human civilization. It was founded in 2005 as part of the Faculty of Philosophy and the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford, England, United Kingdom. Its director is philosopher Nick Bostrom, and its research staff and associates include futurist Anders Sandberg, engineer K. Eric Drexler, economist Robin Hanson, and Giving What We Can founder Toby Ord.
The Institute's stated objective is to develop and utilize scientific and philosophical methods for reasoning about topics of fundamental importance to humanity, such as the effect of future technology on the human condition and the possibility of global catastrophes. It engages in a mix of academic and outreach activities, seeking to promote informed discussion and public engagement in government, businesses, universities, and other organizations.
History
Nick Bostrom established the Institute in November 2005 as part of the Oxford Martin School, then the James Martin 21st Century School. Between 2008 and 2010, FHI hosted the Global Catastrophic Risks conference, wrote 22 academic journal articles, and published 34 chapters in academic volumes. FHI researchers have been mentioned over 5,000 times in the media and have given policy advice at the World Economic Forum, to the private and non-profit sector (such as the Macarthur Foundation, and the World Health Organization), as well as to governmental bodies in Sweden, Singapore, Belgium, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Bostrom and bioethicist Julian Savulescu also published the book Human Enhancement in March 2009. Most recently, FHI has focused on the dangers of advanced artificial intelligence (AI). In 2014, its researchers published several books on AI risk, including Stuart Armstrong's Smarter Than Us and Bostrom's Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies.
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Global catastrophic risk
A global catastrophic risk is a hypothetical future event with the potential to seriously damage human well-being on a global scale. Some events could destroy or cripple modern civilization. Any event that could cause human extinction is also known as an existential risk.
Potential global catastrophic risks include but are not limited to hostile artificial intelligence, nanotechnology weapons, climate change, nuclear warfare, and pandemics.
Researchers experience difficulty in studying human extinction directly, since humanity has never been destroyed before. While this does not mean that it will not be in the future, it does make modelling existential risks difficult, due in part to survivorship bias.
Classifications
Global catastrophic vs existential
Philosopher Nick Bostrom classifies risks according to their scope and intensity. He considers risks that are at least "global" in scope and "endurable" in intensity to be global catastrophic risks. Those that are at least "trans-generational" (affecting all future generations) in scope and "terminal" in intensity are classified as existential risks. While a global catastrophic risk may kill the vast majority of life on earth, humanity could still potentially recover. An existential risk, on the other hand, is one that either destroys humanity entirely or prevents any chance of civilization recovering. Bostrom considers existential risks to be far more significant.
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79:31Facing the unknown: the future of humanity
Facing the unknown: the future of humanityFacing the unknown: the future of humanity
Professor Nick Bostrom, Director of the Future of Humanity Institute, will explore the huge technological, scientific and environmental shifts that have led to humanity’s current state, and consider the choices that will determine our long-term future. Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk -
51:10Nick Bostrom - XRisk - Superintelligence, Human Enhancement & the Future of Humanity Institute
Nick Bostrom - XRisk - Superintelligence, Human Enhancement & the Future of Humanity InstituteNick Bostrom - XRisk - Superintelligence, Human Enhancement & the Future of Humanity Institute
Nick Bostrom discusses Existential Risk, Superintelligence, and the Future of Humanity Institute http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk Transcription of this interview available here: http://hplusmagazine.com/2013/03/12/interivew-with-nick-bostrom/ Questions & talking points: - What does Existential Risk mean and why is it an important topic? - Why the focus on Machine Intelligence? - Eugenics & Genetic Selection? - Germline Gene Therapy verses Somatic Gene Therapy? - Machines Enhancement vs Human Enhancement. - Solving the Control Problem - Transhumanism and its History Professor Nick Bostrom Director & James Martin Research Fellow Nick Bostrom is Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University and founding Director of the Future of Humanity Institute and of the Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology within the Oxford Martin School. He is the author of some 200 publications, including Anthropic Bias (Routledge, 2002), Global Catastrophic Risks (ed., OUP, 2008), and Human Enhancement (ed., OUP, 2009), and a forthcoming book on Superintelligence. He previously taught at Yale, and he was a Postdoctoral Fellow of the British Academy. Bostrom has a background in physics, computational neuroscience, and mathematical logic as well as philosophy. He is best known for his work in five areas: (i) the concept of existential risk; (ii) the simulation argument; (iii) anthropics (developing the first mathematically explicit theory of observation selection effects); (iv) transhumanism, including related issues in bioethics and on consequences of future technologies; and (v) foundations and practical implications of consequentialism. He is currently working on a book on the possibility of an intelligence explosion and on the existential risks and strategic issues related to the prospect of machine superintelligence. In 2009, he was awarded the Eugene R. Gannon Award (one person selected annually worldwide from the fields of philosophy, mathematics, the arts and other humanities, and the natural sciences). He has been listed in the FP 100 Global Thinkers list, the Foreign Policy Magazine's list of the world's top 100 minds. His writings have been translated into more than 21 languages, and there have been some 80 translations or reprints of his works. He has done more than 500 interviews for TV, film, radio, and print media, and he has addressed academic and popular audiences around the world. CV: http://www.nickbostrom.com/cv.pdf Personal Web: http://www.nickbostrom.com/ http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/our_staff/research/nick_bostrom Many thanks for watching! - Support me via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scifuture - Please Subscribe to this Channel: http://youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TheRationalFuture - Science, Technology & the Future website: http://scifuture.org -
16:35The end of humanity: Nick Bostrom at TEDxOxford
The end of humanity: Nick Bostrom at TEDxOxfordThe end of humanity: Nick Bostrom at TEDxOxford
Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom began thinking of a future full of human enhancement, nanotechnology and cloning long before they became mainstream concerns. Bostrom approaches both the inevitable and the speculative using the tools of philosophy, bioethics and probability. Nick is Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University and founding Director of the Future of Humanity Institute and of the Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology within the Oxford Martin School. He's also the co-founder and chair of both the World Transhumanist Association, which advocates the use of technology to extend human capabilities and lifespans, and the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. TEDxOxford is organised by University of Oxford students, aiming to bring together the young minds of tomorrow's world with the movers and shakers of today. TEDxOxford is kindly sponsored by Neptune Investment Management - http://www.neptunefunds.com In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations) -
47:02Sean O'Heigeartaigh - Interview at Oxford Future of Humanity Institute
Sean O'Heigeartaigh - Interview at Oxford Future of Humanity InstituteSean O'Heigeartaigh - Interview at Oxford Future of Humanity Institute
Dr Sean O hEigeartaigh James Martin Academic Project Manager with the Oxford Martin Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology Seán has a background in genetics, having recently finished his phD in molecular evolution in Trinity College Dublin where he focused on programmed ribosomal frameshifting and comparative genomic approaches to improve genome annotation. He is also the cofounder of a successful voluntary arts organisation in Ireland that now runs popular monthly events and an annual outdoor festival. The Future of Humanity Institute is the leading research centre looking at big-picture questions for human civilization. The last few centuries have seen tremendous change, and this century might transform the human condition in even more fundamental ways. Using the tools of mathematics, philosophy, and science, we explore the risks and opportunities that will arise from technological change, weigh ethical dilemmas, and evaluate global priorities. Our goal is to clarify the choices that will shape humanity's long-term future. the Future of Humanity Institute: http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/ -
60:51Randal Koene - Winter Intelligence - Future of Humanity Institute Oxford
Randal Koene - Winter Intelligence - Future of Humanity Institute OxfordRandal Koene - Winter Intelligence - Future of Humanity Institute Oxford
http://www.winterintelligence.org/ Winter Intelligence 2012 Oxford University "Competition is an inescapable occurrence in the animate and even in the inanimate universe. To give our minds the flexibility to transfer and to operate in different substrates bestows upon our species the most important competitive advantage." (http://www.tedxtallinn.org/randal-koene/) Dr. Randal A. Koene is CEO and Founder of the not-for-profit science foundation Carboncopies.org as well as the neural interfaces company NeuraLink Co. Dr. Koene is Science Director of the 2045 Initiative and a scientific board member in several neurotechnology companies and organizations. Dr. Koene is a neuroscientist with a focus on neural interfaces, neuroprostheses and the precise functional reconstruction of neural tissue, a multi-disciplinary field known as (whole) brain emulation. Koene's work has emphasized the promotion of feasible technological solutions and "big-picture" roadmapping aspects of the field. Activities since 1994 include science-curation such as bringing together experts and projects in cutting-edge research and development that advance key portions of the field. Randal Koene was Director of Analysis at the Silicon Valley nanotechnology company Halcyon Molecular (2010-2012) and Director of the Department of Neuroengineering at Tecnalia, the third largest private research organization in Europe (2008-2010). Dr. Koene founded the Neural Engineering Corporation (Massachusetts) and was a research professor at Boston University's Center for Memory and Brain. Dr. Koene earned his Ph.D. in Computational Neuroscience at the Department of Psychology at McGill University, as well as an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in Information Theory at Delft University of Technology. He is a core member of the University of Oxford working group that convened in 2007 to create the first roadmap toward whole brain emulation (a term Koene proposed in 2000). Dr. Koene's professional expertise includes computational neuroscience, neural engineering, psychology, information theory, electrical engineering and physics. In collaboration with the VU University Amsterdam, Dr. Koene led the creation of NETMORPH (netmorph.org), a computational framework for the simulated morphological development of large-scale high-resolution neuroanatomically realistic neuronal circuitry. Publications, presentations and interviews are listed on Dr. Koene's personal site randalkoene.com. http://rak.minduploading.org/Home/bio-randal-a-koene -
53:27Panel - Roadmaps to AGI - Oxford Winter Intelligence - Future of Humanity Institute
Panel - Roadmaps to AGI - Oxford Winter Intelligence - Future of Humanity InstitutePanel - Roadmaps to AGI - Oxford Winter Intelligence - Future of Humanity Institute
Ben Goertzel, Joscha Bach, David Hanson - http://winterintelligence.org -
12:03The future of humanity
The future of humanityThe future of humanity
October 2008: Showcase: Future of Humanity Institute - Professor Nick Bostrom Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk -
46:11Nick Bostrom - Risks and Opportunities for the Future - The Future of Humanity
Nick Bostrom - Risks and Opportunities for the Future - The Future of HumanityNick Bostrom - Risks and Opportunities for the Future - The Future of Humanity
From the Oxford University 2010 Alumni Weekend. Nick Bostrom, director of the Future of Humanity Institute gives a talk on ideas surrounding future scenarios on what might happen to the human race in the future, from ideas of total extinction to post-humanity. Video/Audio downloadable format here: http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/future-humanity Subscribe to this Channel: http://youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TheRationalFuture Science, Technology & the Future: http://scifuture.org Humanity+: http://humanityplus.org -
2:50Nick Bostrom - Managing Existential Risks related to Machine Intelligence - FHI
Nick Bostrom - Managing Existential Risks related to Machine Intelligence - FHINick Bostrom - Managing Existential Risks related to Machine Intelligence - FHI
Nick Bostrom says there are not all that many people focusing on Existential Risks related to Machine Intelligence. See article: www.scifuture.org/nick-bostrom-why-focus-on-existential-risk-related-to-machine-intelligence/ See article: Existential risks are those that threaten the entire future of humanity. Many theories of value imply that even relatively small reductions in net existential risk have enormous expected value. Despite their importance, issues surrounding human-extinction risks and related hazards remain poorly understood. In this paper, I clarify the concept of existential risk and develop an improved classification scheme. I discuss the relation between existential risks and basic issues in axiology, and show how existential risk reduction (via the maxipok rule) can serve as a strongly action-guiding principle for utilitarian concerns. I also show how the notion of existential risk suggests a new way of thinking about the ideal of sustainability. http://www.existential-risk.org https://www.facebook.com/groups/ExistentialRisk/ http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk - Future of Humanity Institute Professor Nick Bostrom Director & James Martin Research Fellow Nick Bostrom is Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University and founding Director of the Future of Humanity Institute and of the Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology within the Oxford Martin School. He is the author of some 200 publications, including Anthropic Bias (Routledge, 2002), Global Catastrophic Risks (ed., OUP, 2008), and Human Enhancement (ed., OUP, 2009), and a forthcoming book on Superintelligence. He previously taught at Yale, and he was a Postdoctoral Fellow of the British Academy. Bostrom has a background in physics, computational neuroscience, and mathematical logic as well as philosophy. He is best known for his work in five areas: (i) the concept of existential risk; (ii) the simulation argument; (iii) anthropics (developing the first mathematically explicit theory of observation selection effects); (iv) transhumanism, including related issues in bioethics and on consequences of future technologies; and (v) foundations and practical implications of consequentialism. He is currently working on a book on the possibility of an intelligence explosion and on the existential risks and strategic issues related to the prospect of machine superintelligence. In 2009, he was awarded the Eugene R. Gannon Award (one person selected annually worldwide from the fields of philosophy, mathematics, the arts and other humanities, and the natural sciences). He has been listed in the FP 100 Global Thinkers list, the Foreign Policy Magazine's list of the world's top 100 minds. His writings have been translated into more than 21 languages, and there have been some 80 translations or reprints of his works. He has done more than 500 interviews for TV, film, radio, and print media, and he has addressed academic and popular audiences around the world. CV: http://www.nickbostrom.com/cv.pdf Personal Web: http://www.nickbostrom.com/ http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/our_staff/research/nick_bostrom -
15:06The long-term future of AI(and what we can do about it): Daniel Dewey at TEDxVienna
The long-term future of AI(and what we can do about it): Daniel Dewey at TEDxViennaThe long-term future of AI(and what we can do about it): Daniel Dewey at TEDxVienna
Daniel Dewey is a research fellow in the Oxford Martin Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology at the Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford. His research includes paths and timelines to machine superintelligence, the possibility of intelligence explosion, and the strategic and technical challenges arising from these possibilities. Previously, Daniel worked as a software engineer at Google, did research at Intel Research Pittsburgh, and studied computer science and philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University. He is also a research associate at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute. http://www.tedxvienna.at/ http://www.facebook.com/tedxvienna In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
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Facing the unknown: the future of humanity
Professor Nick Bostrom, Director of the Future of Humanity Institute, will explore the huge technological, scientific and environmental shifts that have led to humanity’s current state, and consider the choices that will determine our long-term future. Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk -
Nick Bostrom - XRisk - Superintelligence, Human Enhancement & the Future of Humanity Institute
Nick Bostrom discusses Existential Risk, Superintelligence, and the Future of Humanity Institute http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk Transcription of this interview available here: http://hplusmagazine.com/2013/03/12/interivew-with-nick-bostrom/ Questions & talking points: - What does Existential Risk mean and why is it an important topic? - Why the focus on Machine Intelligence? - Eugenics & Genetic Selection? - Germline Gene Therapy verses Somatic Gene Therapy? - Machines Enhancement vs Human Enhancement. - Solving the Control Problem - Transhumanism and its History Professor Nick Bostrom Director & James Martin Research Fellow Nick Bostrom is Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University and founding Director of the Future of Humanity Institute and of the Programme on the Impacts of... -
The end of humanity: Nick Bostrom at TEDxOxford
Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom began thinking of a future full of human enhancement, nanotechnology and cloning long before they became mainstream concerns. Bostrom approaches both the inevitable and the speculative using the tools of philosophy, bioethics and probability. Nick is Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University and founding Director of the Future of Humanity Institute and of the Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology within the Oxford Martin School. He's also the co-founder and chair of both the World Transhumanist Association, which advocates the use of technology to extend human capabilities and lifespans, and the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. TEDxOxford is organised by University of Oxford students, aiming to bring together the y... -
Sean O'Heigeartaigh - Interview at Oxford Future of Humanity Institute
Dr Sean O hEigeartaigh James Martin Academic Project Manager with the Oxford Martin Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology Seán has a background in genetics, having recently finished his phD in molecular evolution in Trinity College Dublin where he focused on programmed ribosomal frameshifting and comparative genomic approaches to improve genome annotation. He is also the cofounder of a successful voluntary arts organisation in Ireland that now runs popular monthly events and an annual outdoor festival. The Future of Humanity Institute is the leading research centre looking at big-picture questions for human civilization. The last few centuries have seen tremendous change, and this century might transform the human condition in even more fundamental ways. Using the tools of math... -
Randal Koene - Winter Intelligence - Future of Humanity Institute Oxford
http://www.winterintelligence.org/ Winter Intelligence 2012 Oxford University "Competition is an inescapable occurrence in the animate and even in the inanimate universe. To give our minds the flexibility to transfer and to operate in different substrates bestows upon our species the most important competitive advantage." (http://www.tedxtallinn.org/randal-koene/) Dr. Randal A. Koene is CEO and Founder of the not-for-profit science foundation Carboncopies.org as well as the neural interfaces company NeuraLink Co. Dr. Koene is Science Director of the 2045 Initiative and a scientific board member in several neurotechnology companies and organizations. Dr. Koene is a neuroscientist with a focus on neural interfaces, neuroprostheses and the precise functional reconstruction of neural tiss... -
Panel - Roadmaps to AGI - Oxford Winter Intelligence - Future of Humanity Institute
Ben Goertzel, Joscha Bach, David Hanson - http://winterintelligence.org -
The future of humanity
October 2008: Showcase: Future of Humanity Institute - Professor Nick Bostrom Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk -
Nick Bostrom - Risks and Opportunities for the Future - The Future of Humanity
From the Oxford University 2010 Alumni Weekend. Nick Bostrom, director of the Future of Humanity Institute gives a talk on ideas surrounding future scenarios on what might happen to the human race in the future, from ideas of total extinction to post-humanity. Video/Audio downloadable format here: http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/future-humanity Subscribe to this Channel: http://youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TheRationalFuture Science, Technology & the Future: http://scifuture.org Humanity+: http://humanityplus.org -
Nick Bostrom - Managing Existential Risks related to Machine Intelligence - FHI
Nick Bostrom says there are not all that many people focusing on Existential Risks related to Machine Intelligence. See article: www.scifuture.org/nick-bostrom-why-focus-on-existential-risk-related-to-machine-intelligence/ See article: Existential risks are those that threaten the entire future of humanity. Many theories of value imply that even relatively small reductions in net existential risk have enormous expected value. Despite their importance, issues surrounding human-extinction risks and related hazards remain poorly understood. In this paper, I clarify the concept of existential risk and develop an improved classification scheme. I discuss the relation between existential risks and basic issues in axiology, and show how existential risk reduction (via the maxipok rule) can serve... -
The long-term future of AI(and what we can do about it): Daniel Dewey at TEDxVienna
Daniel Dewey is a research fellow in the Oxford Martin Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology at the Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford. His research includes paths and timelines to machine superintelligence, the possibility of intelligence explosion, and the strategic and technical challenges arising from these possibilities. Previously, Daniel worked as a software engineer at Google, did research at Intel Research Pittsburgh, and studied computer science and philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University. He is also a research associate at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute. http://www.tedxvienna.at/ http://www.facebook.com/tedxvienna In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a...
Facing the unknown: the future of humanity
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- Duration: 79:31
- Updated: 29 Oct 2015
- views: 4647
Professor Nick Bostrom, Director of the Future of Humanity Institute, will explore the huge technological, scientific and environmental shifts that have led to ...
Professor Nick Bostrom, Director of the Future of Humanity Institute, will explore the huge technological, scientific and environmental shifts that have led to humanity’s current state, and consider the choices that will determine our long-term future.
Oxford Martin School,
University of Oxford
www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
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Professor Nick Bostrom, Director of the Future of Humanity Institute, will explore the huge technological, scientific and environmental shifts that have led to humanity’s current state, and consider the choices that will determine our long-term future.
Oxford Martin School,
University of Oxford
www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
- published: 29 Oct 2015
- views: 4647
Nick Bostrom - XRisk - Superintelligence, Human Enhancement & the Future of Humanity Institute
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- Duration: 51:10
- Updated: 24 Feb 2013
- views: 13573
Nick Bostrom discusses Existential Risk, Superintelligence, and the Future of Humanity Institute
http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk Transcription of this interview availab...
Nick Bostrom discusses Existential Risk, Superintelligence, and the Future of Humanity Institute
http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk Transcription of this interview available here: http://hplusmagazine.com/2013/03/12/interivew-with-nick-bostrom/
Questions & talking points: - What does Existential Risk mean and why is it an important topic? - Why the focus on Machine Intelligence? - Eugenics & Genetic Selection? - Germline Gene Therapy verses Somatic Gene Therapy? - Machines Enhancement vs Human Enhancement. - Solving the Control Problem - Transhumanism and its History
Professor Nick Bostrom
Director & James Martin Research Fellow
Nick Bostrom is Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University and founding Director of the Future of Humanity Institute and of the Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology within the Oxford Martin School. He is the author of some 200 publications, including Anthropic Bias (Routledge, 2002), Global Catastrophic Risks (ed., OUP, 2008), and Human Enhancement (ed., OUP, 2009), and a forthcoming book on Superintelligence. He previously taught at Yale, and he was a Postdoctoral Fellow of the British Academy. Bostrom has a background in physics, computational neuroscience, and mathematical logic as well as philosophy.
He is best known for his work in five areas: (i) the concept of existential risk; (ii) the simulation argument; (iii) anthropics (developing the first mathematically explicit theory of observation selection effects); (iv) transhumanism, including related issues in bioethics and on consequences of future technologies; and (v) foundations and practical implications of consequentialism. He is currently working on a book on the possibility of an intelligence explosion and on the existential risks and strategic issues related to the prospect of machine superintelligence.
In 2009, he was awarded the Eugene R. Gannon Award (one person selected annually worldwide from the fields of philosophy, mathematics, the arts and other humanities, and the natural sciences). He has been listed in the FP 100 Global Thinkers list, the Foreign Policy Magazine's list of the world's top 100 minds. His writings have been translated into more than 21 languages, and there have been some 80 translations or reprints of his works. He has done more than 500 interviews for TV, film, radio, and print media, and he has addressed academic and popular audiences around the world.
CV: http://www.nickbostrom.com/cv.pdf
Personal Web: http://www.nickbostrom.com/
http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/our_staff/research/nick_bostrom
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Nick Bostrom discusses Existential Risk, Superintelligence, and the Future of Humanity Institute
http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk Transcription of this interview available here: http://hplusmagazine.com/2013/03/12/interivew-with-nick-bostrom/
Questions & talking points: - What does Existential Risk mean and why is it an important topic? - Why the focus on Machine Intelligence? - Eugenics & Genetic Selection? - Germline Gene Therapy verses Somatic Gene Therapy? - Machines Enhancement vs Human Enhancement. - Solving the Control Problem - Transhumanism and its History
Professor Nick Bostrom
Director & James Martin Research Fellow
Nick Bostrom is Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University and founding Director of the Future of Humanity Institute and of the Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology within the Oxford Martin School. He is the author of some 200 publications, including Anthropic Bias (Routledge, 2002), Global Catastrophic Risks (ed., OUP, 2008), and Human Enhancement (ed., OUP, 2009), and a forthcoming book on Superintelligence. He previously taught at Yale, and he was a Postdoctoral Fellow of the British Academy. Bostrom has a background in physics, computational neuroscience, and mathematical logic as well as philosophy.
He is best known for his work in five areas: (i) the concept of existential risk; (ii) the simulation argument; (iii) anthropics (developing the first mathematically explicit theory of observation selection effects); (iv) transhumanism, including related issues in bioethics and on consequences of future technologies; and (v) foundations and practical implications of consequentialism. He is currently working on a book on the possibility of an intelligence explosion and on the existential risks and strategic issues related to the prospect of machine superintelligence.
In 2009, he was awarded the Eugene R. Gannon Award (one person selected annually worldwide from the fields of philosophy, mathematics, the arts and other humanities, and the natural sciences). He has been listed in the FP 100 Global Thinkers list, the Foreign Policy Magazine's list of the world's top 100 minds. His writings have been translated into more than 21 languages, and there have been some 80 translations or reprints of his works. He has done more than 500 interviews for TV, film, radio, and print media, and he has addressed academic and popular audiences around the world.
CV: http://www.nickbostrom.com/cv.pdf
Personal Web: http://www.nickbostrom.com/
http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/our_staff/research/nick_bostrom
Many thanks for watching!
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- published: 24 Feb 2013
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The end of humanity: Nick Bostrom at TEDxOxford
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- Duration: 16:35
- Updated: 26 Mar 2013
- views: 145070
Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom began thinking of a future full of human enhancement, nanotechnology and cloning long before they became mainstream concerns. B...
Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom began thinking of a future full of human enhancement, nanotechnology and cloning long before they became mainstream concerns. Bostrom approaches both the inevitable and the speculative using the tools of philosophy, bioethics and probability.
Nick is Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University and founding Director of the Future of Humanity Institute and of the Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology within the Oxford Martin School. He's also the co-founder and chair of both the World Transhumanist Association, which advocates the use of technology to extend human capabilities and lifespans, and the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies.
TEDxOxford is organised by University of Oxford students, aiming to bring together the young minds of tomorrow's world with the movers and shakers of today. TEDxOxford is kindly sponsored by Neptune Investment Management - http://www.neptunefunds.com
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
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Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom began thinking of a future full of human enhancement, nanotechnology and cloning long before they became mainstream concerns. Bostrom approaches both the inevitable and the speculative using the tools of philosophy, bioethics and probability.
Nick is Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University and founding Director of the Future of Humanity Institute and of the Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology within the Oxford Martin School. He's also the co-founder and chair of both the World Transhumanist Association, which advocates the use of technology to extend human capabilities and lifespans, and the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies.
TEDxOxford is organised by University of Oxford students, aiming to bring together the young minds of tomorrow's world with the movers and shakers of today. TEDxOxford is kindly sponsored by Neptune Investment Management - http://www.neptunefunds.com
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
- published: 26 Mar 2013
- views: 145070
Sean O'Heigeartaigh - Interview at Oxford Future of Humanity Institute
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- Duration: 47:02
- Updated: 24 Jan 2013
- views: 1900
Dr Sean O hEigeartaigh
James Martin Academic Project Manager with the Oxford Martin Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology
Seán has a background in gene...
Dr Sean O hEigeartaigh
James Martin Academic Project Manager with the Oxford Martin Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology
Seán has a background in genetics, having recently finished his phD in molecular evolution in Trinity College Dublin where he focused on programmed ribosomal frameshifting and comparative genomic approaches to improve genome annotation. He is also the cofounder of a successful voluntary arts organisation in Ireland that now runs popular monthly events and an annual outdoor festival.
The Future of Humanity Institute is the leading research centre looking at big-picture questions for human civilization. The last few centuries have seen tremendous change, and this century might transform the human condition in even more fundamental ways. Using the tools of mathematics, philosophy, and science, we explore the risks and opportunities that will arise from technological change, weigh ethical dilemmas, and evaluate global priorities. Our goal is to clarify the choices that will shape humanity's long-term future.
the Future of Humanity Institute: http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/
wn.com/Sean O'Heigeartaigh Interview At Oxford Future Of Humanity Institute
Dr Sean O hEigeartaigh
James Martin Academic Project Manager with the Oxford Martin Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology
Seán has a background in genetics, having recently finished his phD in molecular evolution in Trinity College Dublin where he focused on programmed ribosomal frameshifting and comparative genomic approaches to improve genome annotation. He is also the cofounder of a successful voluntary arts organisation in Ireland that now runs popular monthly events and an annual outdoor festival.
The Future of Humanity Institute is the leading research centre looking at big-picture questions for human civilization. The last few centuries have seen tremendous change, and this century might transform the human condition in even more fundamental ways. Using the tools of mathematics, philosophy, and science, we explore the risks and opportunities that will arise from technological change, weigh ethical dilemmas, and evaluate global priorities. Our goal is to clarify the choices that will shape humanity's long-term future.
the Future of Humanity Institute: http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/
- published: 24 Jan 2013
- views: 1900
Randal Koene - Winter Intelligence - Future of Humanity Institute Oxford
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- Duration: 60:51
- Updated: 21 Apr 2013
- views: 425
http://www.winterintelligence.org/ Winter Intelligence 2012 Oxford University
"Competition is an inescapable occurrence in the animate and even in the inanimat...
http://www.winterintelligence.org/ Winter Intelligence 2012 Oxford University
"Competition is an inescapable occurrence in the animate and even in the inanimate universe. To give our minds the flexibility to transfer and to operate in different substrates bestows upon our species the most important competitive advantage."
(http://www.tedxtallinn.org/randal-koene/)
Dr. Randal A. Koene is CEO and Founder of the not-for-profit science foundation Carboncopies.org as well as the neural interfaces company NeuraLink Co. Dr. Koene is Science Director of the 2045 Initiative and a scientific board member in several neurotechnology companies and organizations.
Dr. Koene is a neuroscientist with a focus on neural interfaces, neuroprostheses and the precise functional reconstruction of neural tissue, a multi-disciplinary field known as (whole) brain emulation. Koene's work has emphasized the promotion of feasible technological solutions and "big-picture" roadmapping aspects of the field. Activities since 1994 include science-curation such as bringing together experts and projects in cutting-edge research and development that advance key portions of the field.
Randal Koene was Director of Analysis at the Silicon Valley nanotechnology company Halcyon Molecular (2010-2012) and Director of the Department of Neuroengineering at Tecnalia, the third largest private research organization in Europe (2008-2010). Dr. Koene founded the Neural Engineering Corporation (Massachusetts) and was a research professor at Boston University's Center for Memory and Brain. Dr. Koene earned his Ph.D. in Computational Neuroscience at the Department of Psychology at McGill University, as well as an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in Information Theory at Delft University of Technology. He is a core member of the University of Oxford working group that convened in 2007 to create the first roadmap toward whole brain emulation (a term Koene proposed in 2000). Dr. Koene's professional expertise includes computational neuroscience, neural engineering, psychology, information theory, electrical engineering and physics.
In collaboration with the VU University Amsterdam, Dr. Koene led the creation of NETMORPH (netmorph.org), a computational framework for the simulated morphological development of large-scale high-resolution neuroanatomically realistic neuronal circuitry.
Publications, presentations and interviews are listed on Dr. Koene's personal site randalkoene.com.
http://rak.minduploading.org/Home/bio-randal-a-koene
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http://www.winterintelligence.org/ Winter Intelligence 2012 Oxford University
"Competition is an inescapable occurrence in the animate and even in the inanimate universe. To give our minds the flexibility to transfer and to operate in different substrates bestows upon our species the most important competitive advantage."
(http://www.tedxtallinn.org/randal-koene/)
Dr. Randal A. Koene is CEO and Founder of the not-for-profit science foundation Carboncopies.org as well as the neural interfaces company NeuraLink Co. Dr. Koene is Science Director of the 2045 Initiative and a scientific board member in several neurotechnology companies and organizations.
Dr. Koene is a neuroscientist with a focus on neural interfaces, neuroprostheses and the precise functional reconstruction of neural tissue, a multi-disciplinary field known as (whole) brain emulation. Koene's work has emphasized the promotion of feasible technological solutions and "big-picture" roadmapping aspects of the field. Activities since 1994 include science-curation such as bringing together experts and projects in cutting-edge research and development that advance key portions of the field.
Randal Koene was Director of Analysis at the Silicon Valley nanotechnology company Halcyon Molecular (2010-2012) and Director of the Department of Neuroengineering at Tecnalia, the third largest private research organization in Europe (2008-2010). Dr. Koene founded the Neural Engineering Corporation (Massachusetts) and was a research professor at Boston University's Center for Memory and Brain. Dr. Koene earned his Ph.D. in Computational Neuroscience at the Department of Psychology at McGill University, as well as an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in Information Theory at Delft University of Technology. He is a core member of the University of Oxford working group that convened in 2007 to create the first roadmap toward whole brain emulation (a term Koene proposed in 2000). Dr. Koene's professional expertise includes computational neuroscience, neural engineering, psychology, information theory, electrical engineering and physics.
In collaboration with the VU University Amsterdam, Dr. Koene led the creation of NETMORPH (netmorph.org), a computational framework for the simulated morphological development of large-scale high-resolution neuroanatomically realistic neuronal circuitry.
Publications, presentations and interviews are listed on Dr. Koene's personal site randalkoene.com.
http://rak.minduploading.org/Home/bio-randal-a-koene
- published: 21 Apr 2013
- views: 425
Panel - Roadmaps to AGI - Oxford Winter Intelligence - Future of Humanity Institute
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 53:27
- Updated: 11 May 2013
- views: 1618
Ben Goertzel, Joscha Bach, David Hanson - http://winterintelligence.org
- published: 11 May 2013
- views: 1618
The future of humanity
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- Duration: 12:03
- Updated: 17 Sep 2013
- views: 136
October 2008: Showcase: Future of Humanity Institute - Professor Nick Bostrom
Oxford Martin School,
University of Oxford
www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
October 2008: Showcase: Future of Humanity Institute - Professor Nick Bostrom
Oxford Martin School,
University of Oxford
www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
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October 2008: Showcase: Future of Humanity Institute - Professor Nick Bostrom
Oxford Martin School,
University of Oxford
www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
- published: 17 Sep 2013
- views: 136
Nick Bostrom - Risks and Opportunities for the Future - The Future of Humanity
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- Duration: 46:11
- Updated: 23 Feb 2015
- views: 3058
From the Oxford University 2010 Alumni Weekend. Nick Bostrom, director of the Future of Humanity Institute gives a talk on ideas surrounding future scenarios on...
From the Oxford University 2010 Alumni Weekend. Nick Bostrom, director of the Future of Humanity Institute gives a talk on ideas surrounding future scenarios on what might happen to the human race in the future, from ideas of total extinction to post-humanity.
Video/Audio downloadable format here: http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/future-humanity
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From the Oxford University 2010 Alumni Weekend. Nick Bostrom, director of the Future of Humanity Institute gives a talk on ideas surrounding future scenarios on what might happen to the human race in the future, from ideas of total extinction to post-humanity.
Video/Audio downloadable format here: http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/future-humanity
Subscribe to this Channel: http://youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TheRationalFuture
Science, Technology & the Future: http://scifuture.org
Humanity+: http://humanityplus.org
- published: 23 Feb 2015
- views: 3058
Nick Bostrom - Managing Existential Risks related to Machine Intelligence - FHI
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- Duration: 2:50
- Updated: 12 Mar 2013
- views: 551
Nick Bostrom says there are not all that many people focusing on Existential Risks related to Machine Intelligence. See article: www.scifuture.org/nick-bostrom-...
Nick Bostrom says there are not all that many people focusing on Existential Risks related to Machine Intelligence. See article: www.scifuture.org/nick-bostrom-why-focus-on-existential-risk-related-to-machine-intelligence/
See article: Existential risks are those that threaten the entire future of humanity. Many theories of value imply that even relatively small reductions in net existential risk have enormous expected value. Despite their importance, issues surrounding human-extinction risks and related hazards remain poorly understood. In this paper, I clarify the concept of existential risk and develop an improved classification scheme. I discuss the relation between existential risks and basic issues in axiology, and show how existential risk reduction (via the maxipok rule) can serve as a strongly action-guiding principle for utilitarian concerns. I also show how the notion of existential risk suggests a new way of thinking about the ideal of sustainability.
http://www.existential-risk.org
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ExistentialRisk/
http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk - Future of Humanity Institute
Professor Nick Bostrom
Director & James Martin Research Fellow
Nick Bostrom is Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University and founding Director of the Future of Humanity Institute and of the Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology within the Oxford Martin School. He is the author of some 200 publications, including Anthropic Bias (Routledge, 2002), Global Catastrophic Risks (ed., OUP, 2008), and Human Enhancement (ed., OUP, 2009), and a forthcoming book on Superintelligence. He previously taught at Yale, and he was a Postdoctoral Fellow of the British Academy. Bostrom has a background in physics, computational neuroscience, and mathematical logic as well as philosophy.
He is best known for his work in five areas: (i) the concept of existential risk; (ii) the simulation argument; (iii) anthropics (developing the first mathematically explicit theory of observation selection effects); (iv) transhumanism, including related issues in bioethics and on consequences of future technologies; and (v) foundations and practical implications of consequentialism. He is currently working on a book on the possibility of an intelligence explosion and on the existential risks and strategic issues related to the prospect of machine superintelligence.
In 2009, he was awarded the Eugene R. Gannon Award (one person selected annually worldwide from the fields of philosophy, mathematics, the arts and other humanities, and the natural sciences). He has been listed in the FP 100 Global Thinkers list, the Foreign Policy Magazine's list of the world's top 100 minds. His writings have been translated into more than 21 languages, and there have been some 80 translations or reprints of his works. He has done more than 500 interviews for TV, film, radio, and print media, and he has addressed academic and popular audiences around the world.
CV: http://www.nickbostrom.com/cv.pdf
Personal Web: http://www.nickbostrom.com/
http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/our_staff/research/nick_bostrom
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Nick Bostrom says there are not all that many people focusing on Existential Risks related to Machine Intelligence. See article: www.scifuture.org/nick-bostrom-why-focus-on-existential-risk-related-to-machine-intelligence/
See article: Existential risks are those that threaten the entire future of humanity. Many theories of value imply that even relatively small reductions in net existential risk have enormous expected value. Despite their importance, issues surrounding human-extinction risks and related hazards remain poorly understood. In this paper, I clarify the concept of existential risk and develop an improved classification scheme. I discuss the relation between existential risks and basic issues in axiology, and show how existential risk reduction (via the maxipok rule) can serve as a strongly action-guiding principle for utilitarian concerns. I also show how the notion of existential risk suggests a new way of thinking about the ideal of sustainability.
http://www.existential-risk.org
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ExistentialRisk/
http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk - Future of Humanity Institute
Professor Nick Bostrom
Director & James Martin Research Fellow
Nick Bostrom is Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University and founding Director of the Future of Humanity Institute and of the Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology within the Oxford Martin School. He is the author of some 200 publications, including Anthropic Bias (Routledge, 2002), Global Catastrophic Risks (ed., OUP, 2008), and Human Enhancement (ed., OUP, 2009), and a forthcoming book on Superintelligence. He previously taught at Yale, and he was a Postdoctoral Fellow of the British Academy. Bostrom has a background in physics, computational neuroscience, and mathematical logic as well as philosophy.
He is best known for his work in five areas: (i) the concept of existential risk; (ii) the simulation argument; (iii) anthropics (developing the first mathematically explicit theory of observation selection effects); (iv) transhumanism, including related issues in bioethics and on consequences of future technologies; and (v) foundations and practical implications of consequentialism. He is currently working on a book on the possibility of an intelligence explosion and on the existential risks and strategic issues related to the prospect of machine superintelligence.
In 2009, he was awarded the Eugene R. Gannon Award (one person selected annually worldwide from the fields of philosophy, mathematics, the arts and other humanities, and the natural sciences). He has been listed in the FP 100 Global Thinkers list, the Foreign Policy Magazine's list of the world's top 100 minds. His writings have been translated into more than 21 languages, and there have been some 80 translations or reprints of his works. He has done more than 500 interviews for TV, film, radio, and print media, and he has addressed academic and popular audiences around the world.
CV: http://www.nickbostrom.com/cv.pdf
Personal Web: http://www.nickbostrom.com/
http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/our_staff/research/nick_bostrom
- published: 12 Mar 2013
- views: 551
The long-term future of AI(and what we can do about it): Daniel Dewey at TEDxVienna
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- Duration: 15:06
- Updated: 06 Dec 2013
- views: 107943
Daniel Dewey is a research fellow in the Oxford Martin Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology at the Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford. ...
Daniel Dewey is a research fellow in the Oxford Martin Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology at the Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford. His research includes paths and timelines to machine superintelligence, the possibility of intelligence explosion, and the strategic and technical challenges arising from these possibilities. Previously, Daniel worked as a software engineer at Google, did research at Intel Research Pittsburgh, and studied computer science and philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University. He is also a research associate at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute.
http://www.tedxvienna.at/
http://www.facebook.com/tedxvienna
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
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Daniel Dewey is a research fellow in the Oxford Martin Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology at the Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford. His research includes paths and timelines to machine superintelligence, the possibility of intelligence explosion, and the strategic and technical challenges arising from these possibilities. Previously, Daniel worked as a software engineer at Google, did research at Intel Research Pittsburgh, and studied computer science and philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University. He is also a research associate at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute.
http://www.tedxvienna.at/
http://www.facebook.com/tedxvienna
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
- published: 06 Dec 2013
- views: 107943
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Facing the unknown: the future of humanity
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Nick Bostrom - XRisk - Superintelligence, Human Enhancement & the Future of Humanity Institute
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Nick Bostrom - XRisk - Superintelligence, Human Enhancement & the Future of Humanity Institute
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The end of humanity: Nick Bostrom at TEDxOxford
Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom began thinking of a future full of human enhancement, nan...
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Sean O'Heigeartaigh - Interview at Oxford Future of Humanity Institute
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Randal Koene - Winter Intelligence - Future of Humanity Institute Oxford
http://www.winterintelligence.org/ Winter Intelligence 2012 Oxford University
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Panel - Roadmaps to AGI - Oxford Winter Intelligence - Future of Humanity Institute
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The future of humanity
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Nick Bostrom - Risks and Opportunities for the Future - The Future of Humanity
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Nick Bostrom - Managing Existential Risks related to Machine Intelligence - FHI
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The long-term future of AI(and what we can do about it): Daniel Dewey at TEDxVienna
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Hot air balloon carrying at least 16 people crashes in Texas
Edit San Francisco Chronicle 30 Jul 2016
LOCKHART, Texas (AP) — Federal officials say a hot air balloon carrying at least 16 people caught on fire and crashed in Central Texas, and it is unclear whether there are injuries or deaths. Lynn Lunsford with the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that the accident happened about 8.40 a.m. Saturday near Lockhart, Texas, when the hot air balloon crashed into a pasture ... Lockhart is about 30 miles south of Austin ... ....
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Convention over, Clinton faces hacking, Trump criticism
Edit The Virginian-Pilot 30 Jul 2016
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A giddy if exhausted Hillary Clinton embarked on a post-convention Rust Belt bus tour just hours after becoming the first female presidential nominee of a major political party ... ....
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Stephen Hawking Issues Warning For What Brexit Could Mean For The Human Species
Edit WorldNews.com 29 Jul 2016
Stephen Hawking has penned a thoughtful appeal for post-Brexit Britain to reconsider the role that wealth plays in society, warning that isolationism and envy could even lead to the end of the human species, Mashable reports. In a Guardian essay, the world-renowned physicist made the case for a more comprehensive and generous definition of wealth "to include knowledge, natural resources and human capacity."...
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Fighting between Turkish forces, Kurdish rebels kills 43
Edit The Roanoke Times 30 Jul 2016
ISTANBUL (AP) — Authorities say fighting between Turkish forces and Kurdish rebels in the restive southeast of the country has killed eight Turkish soldiers and 35 Kurdish fighters. The office of Turkey's General Staff headquarters said ......
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How 7,000 People Died in Custody in Texas—in One Decade
Edit The Oklahoman 30 Jul 2016
Many died of natural causes ... “Some family members may not have gotten a full account of how their loved one died, so in that way I feel some responsibility about making the information public,” said Amanda Woog, the postdoctoral legal fellow at the Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis at the University of Texas at Austin who created it....
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62 in PGA? Mickelson says it will happen
Edit San Diego Union-Tribune 31 Jul 2016
With Baltusrol softened by rain, Phil Mickelson believes record score in the offing ... ....
Goa gets an IIT
Edit The Hindu 31 Jul 2016
The Indian Institutes of Technology are not reflected well in the global ranking of technical institutions despite ......
NY off-TV results: Classy Farmer; Serrano retains; Taylor wins
Edit WBN 31 Jul 2016
A title shot of some kind could now be in the offing for Farmer who has racked up 15 wins since losing for the fourth time in his career against Jose Pedraza in 2012 ... Also on the bill, Scotland’s Josh Taylor made easy work of Evincii Dixon to make it ......
Institute of Technical Supervision appeals for help
Edit Graphic 31 Jul 2016
Urgent measures are needed in place to resource the institute of Technical Supervision (ITS) else it risks losing its relevance ... Compounding the woes of ITS, he said, was the massive encroachment on the institute’s land by private developers, making it extremely difficult for future expansion of the institute ... Some of the institutions from where the ......
IIT Goa starts from temporary campus
Edit The Times of India 31 Jul 2016
Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are not ranked among top institutes globally because such international ranking systems allot 40% weightage to perception, Union human resources development minister Prakash Javadekar said on Saturday in Goa ... The Union minister also said that there are some technical issues with handing over the land for the National Institute of Technology, Goa, to the institute....
Hibs hot favourites in championship pressure cooker
Edit Scotsman 31 Jul 2016
It's not all or nothing but, one suspects, if they do not deliver at the third time of asking then the status quo at the club would shift ... With city rivals Hearts clearing the scene in the first year, Rangers vacating it in the second, on paper at least, they now have an easier route to the top of the table as they seek to avoid the messy and energy sapping play-off tussle ... But that is just the nature of it.”....
Bharathidasan University plans second B-school
Edit The Hindu 31 Jul 2016
The Bharathidasan University, which, in 1984, founded the Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM), a hugely successful B-school, is planning to launch yet another business school this academic year ... The former head of the Department of History of the university, N ... Muthukumar said the BIM had emerged as an independent institution with its own board of governors....
Bharathidasan varsity plans second B-school
Edit The Hindu 31 Jul 2016
The Bharathidasan University, which, in 1984, founded the Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM), a hugely successful B-school, is planning to launch yet another ......
Star Trek told us tomorrow would be better; is it still true?
Edit Toronto Sun 31 Jul 2016
“Auschwitz bans visitors from playing Pokemon Go.” It’s one of those headlines that makes you mourn for the future of humanity. The caretakers of this sombre museum to one of history’s darkest chapters shouldn’t even need to issue this warning ... There’s a constant stream of stories to lament, the most recent being ... I think we’re stuck with it and its future incarnations....
‘Create more opportunities for women’
Edit The Hindu 31 Jul 2016
Vala said that he observed that of the gold medallists in universities in the State about 70 per cent were women ... The Governor said that knowledge and wealth should be used for the welfare of society. Persons having humanity work for the growth of the country ... The centre for systems biology and molecular medicine has been established jointly with Institute of Bioinformatics, Bengaluru....
Christian groups reject draft NEP
Edit The Hindu 31 Jul 2016
The heads of two major Christian denominations came together here on Saturday to reject the draft National Education Policy (NEP), 2016, being circulated by the Ministry of Human Resource Development for comments ... George Anthonysamy, Archbishop of the Catholic diocese of Madras-Mylapore and Rev ... “The NEP talks of a national syllabus for English, Mathematics and Science ... Xavier Arockiya Samy, principal of Loyola College....
Almost half of workers fear for jobs after Brexit vote
Edit ITV 31 Jul 2016
Almost half of workers feel uncertain and negative about the future because of Britain's Brexit vote, a new study shows ... One in five of those surveyed by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development ......
Nearly half of employees feel pessimistic after Brexit vote, CIPD survey shows (CIPD - Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development)
Edit Public Technologies 31 Jul 2016
CIPD - Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) ... Employees in the UK are feeling pessimistic about the future because of the vote to leave the EU, a survey by the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, reveals. The survey asked just over 1,000 working adults a range of questions, including how they felt about the future as a result of the UK's vote to leave the EU....
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