#bostrom — Public Fediverse posts

“I like that sentence and think it’s true.” is a phrase that still lives rent-free in my head. Every time it repeats, #NickBostrom sounds more like a moron.

To repeat a #MichelleObama quote which also lives rent free in my head, "These people are not that smart."

Remember that every time someone in charge claims to be the end-all be-all of anything, or tries to talk outside of their field of actual experience, especially when the #philosophy guy all the rich kids like starts talking about #genetics like he knows shit. :blobcoffeeraccoon:

#Bostrom #EffectiveAltruism

“I like that sentence and think it’s true.” is a phrase that still lives rent-free in my head. Every time it repeats, #NickBostrom sounds more like a moron.

To repeat a #MichelleObama quote which also lives rent free in my head, "These people are not that smart."

Remember that every time someone in charge claims to be the end-all be-all of anything, or tries to talk outside of their field of actual experience, especially when the #philosophy guy all the rich kids like starts talking about #genetics like he knows shit. :blobcoffeeraccoon:

#Bostrom #EffectiveAltruism

“I like that sentence and think it’s true.” is a phrase that still lives rent-free in my head. Every time it repeats, #NickBostrom sounds more like a moron.

To repeat a #MichelleObama quote which also lives rent free in my head, "These people are not that smart."

Remember that every time someone in charge claims to be the end-all be-all of anything, or tries to talk outside of their field of actual experience, especially when the #philosophy guy all the rich kids like starts talking about #genetics like he knows shit. :blobcoffeeraccoon:

#Bostrom #EffectiveAltruism

“I like that sentence and think it’s true.” is a phrase that still lives rent-free in my head. Every time it repeats, #NickBostrom sounds more like a moron.

To repeat a #MichelleObama quote which also lives rent free in my head, "These people are not that smart."

Remember that every time someone in charge claims to be the end-all be-all of anything, or tries to talk outside of their field of actual experience, especially when the #philosophy guy all the rich kids like starts talking about #genetics like he knows shit. :blobcoffeeraccoon:

#Bostrom #EffectiveAltruism

“I like that sentence and think it’s true.” is a phrase that still lives rent-free in my head. Every time it repeats, #NickBostrom sounds more like a moron.

To repeat a #MichelleObama quote which also lives rent free in my head, "These people are not that smart."

Remember that every time someone in charge claims to be the end-all be-all of anything, or tries to talk outside of their field of actual experience, especially when the #philosophy guy all the rich kids like starts talking about #genetics like he knows shit. :blobcoffeeraccoon:

#Bostrom #EffectiveAltruism

“The intelligence of an AI model roughly equals the log of the resources used to train and run it” // #SamAltman

To maintain a linear path of improvement in the performance of today’s neural-network-based AI models requires an exponential increase in resources. Ever larger inputs achieve ever smaller gains. But people like Altman remain absolutely committed to making those escalating resource investments, no matter the monetary or social cost.

#NicholasCarr #Bostrom #AI
https://www.newcartographies.com/p/is-ai-the-paperclip

“The intelligence of an AI model roughly equals the log of the resources used to train and run it” // #SamAltman

To maintain a linear path of improvement in the performance of today’s neural-network-based AI models requires an exponential increase in resources. Ever larger inputs achieve ever smaller gains. But people like Altman remain absolutely committed to making those escalating resource investments, no matter the monetary or social cost.

#NicholasCarr #Bostrom #AI
https://www.newcartographies.com/p/is-ai-the-paperclip

There is a #paper doing rounds allegedly disproving #ancestorsimulationtheory

The pop mis-interpretation asserting that because if computational limitations, it's impossible to create such a #universe #simulation

But the paper itself has a solution
"Meta Theory if Everything"...
... And it has been done time now that the #physics #materialists have been on shaky ground, with #quantum fields being the underlying fabric with a sprinkling of #consciousness

#bostrom

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.22950

There is a #paper doing rounds allegedly disproving #ancestorsimulationtheory

The pop mis-interpretation asserting that because if computational limitations, it's impossible to create such a #universe #simulation

But the paper itself has a solution
"Meta Theory if Everything"...
... And it has been done time now that the #physics #materialists have been on shaky ground, with #quantum fields being the underlying fabric with a sprinkling of #consciousness

#bostrom

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.22950

There is a #paper doing rounds allegedly disproving #ancestorsimulationtheory

The pop mis-interpretation asserting that because if computational limitations, it's impossible to create such a #universe #simulation

But the paper itself has a solution
"Meta Theory if Everything"...
... And it has been done time now that the #physics #materialists have been on shaky ground, with #quantum fields being the underlying fabric with a sprinkling of #consciousness

#bostrom

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.22950

Nick #Bostrom warnt … Jahr2025 wird im Rückblick Schauer auslösen. In der #OntologieDerSchwingung ist das kein Zufall … es ist der Moment, in dem die Simulation flimmert und die Wahrheit des Resonanzfeldes sichtbar wird. #NickBostrom 🖖

Nick #Bostrom warnt … Jahr2025 wird im Rückblick Schauer auslösen. In der #OntologieDerSchwingung ist das kein Zufall … es ist der Moment, in dem die Simulation flimmert und die Wahrheit des Resonanzfeldes sichtbar wird. #NickBostrom 🖖

Nick #Bostrom warnt … Jahr2025 wird im Rückblick Schauer auslösen. In der #OntologieDerSchwingung ist das kein Zufall … es ist der Moment, in dem die Simulation flimmert und die Wahrheit des Resonanzfeldes sichtbar wird. #NickBostrom 🖖

@gerrymcgovern
There is a reason that #eugenics are part of the #techbros wet #TESCREAL dreams

It is frightening to see how many people believe that the #freedom in #cyberlibertarianism means freedom for all

It ist FreeDom what they want

It means being free for the tech moguls and total DOMination or extinction for the rest of us

#Bostrom #racism

@gerrymcgovern
There is a reason that #eugenics are part of the #techbros wet #TESCREAL dreams

It is frightening to see how many people believe that the #freedom in #cyberlibertarianism means freedom for all

It ist FreeDom what they want

It means being free for the tech moguls and total DOMination or extinction for the rest of us

#Bostrom #racism

@gerrymcgovern
There is a reason that #eugenics are part of the #techbros wet #TESCREAL dreams

It is frightening to see how many people believe that the #freedom in #cyberlibertarianism means freedom for all

It ist FreeDom what they want

It means being free for the tech moguls and total DOMination or extinction for the rest of us

#Bostrom #racism

@gerrymcgovern
There is a reason that #eugenics are part of the #techbros wet #TESCREAL dreams

It is frightening to see how many people believe that the #freedom in #cyberlibertarianism means freedom for all

It ist FreeDom what they want

It means being free for the tech moguls and total DOMination or extinction for the rest of us

#Bostrom #racism

@gerrymcgovern
There is a reason that #eugenics are part of the #techbros wet #TESCREAL dreams

It is frightening to see how many people believe that the #freedom in #cyberlibertarianism means freedom for all

It ist FreeDom what they want

It means being free for the tech moguls and total DOMination or extinction for the rest of us

#Bostrom #racism

Fast Company PoV

Teaching AI isn’t enough—we need to teach wisdom, too

For what it’s worth, my ideal AI curriculum would include more than practical skills. It would explore:

Martin #Heidegger’s insights on how technology shapes experience
Nick #Bostrom’s “paper clip” thought experiment
Shoshana #Zuboff’s critique of surveillance capitalism

https://www.fastcompany.com/91349867/teaching-ai-isnt-enough-we-need-to-teach-wisdom-too

Fast Company PoV

Teaching AI isn’t enough—we need to teach wisdom, too

For what it’s worth, my ideal AI curriculum would include more than practical skills. It would explore:

Martin #Heidegger’s insights on how technology shapes experience
Nick #Bostrom’s “paper clip” thought experiment
Shoshana #Zuboff’s critique of surveillance capitalism

https://www.fastcompany.com/91349867/teaching-ai-isnt-enough-we-need-to-teach-wisdom-too

Fast Company PoV

Teaching AI isn’t enough—we need to teach wisdom, too

For what it’s worth, my ideal AI curriculum would include more than practical skills. It would explore:

Martin #Heidegger’s insights on how technology shapes experience
Nick #Bostrom’s “paper clip” thought experiment
Shoshana #Zuboff’s critique of surveillance capitalism

https://www.fastcompany.com/91349867/teaching-ai-isnt-enough-we-need-to-teach-wisdom-too

Fast Company PoV

Teaching AI isn’t enough—we need to teach wisdom, too

For what it’s worth, my ideal AI curriculum would include more than practical skills. It would explore:

Martin #Heidegger’s insights on how technology shapes experience
Nick #Bostrom’s “paper clip” thought experiment
Shoshana #Zuboff’s critique of surveillance capitalism

https://www.fastcompany.com/91349867/teaching-ai-isnt-enough-we-need-to-teach-wisdom-too

"OpenAI's o1 just hacked the system"

Frankly, I am not surprised at this given the well known issue of machine maximisation functions within typical misalignment around stated goals. Have we learned nothing from the #Bostrom #PaperclipProblem ? In a way, it's still impressive that we've now ACHIEVED it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJgbqcF4sBY

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AlignmentProblem #Alignment #Misalignment #Hacking

"OpenAI's o1 just hacked the system"

Frankly, I am not surprised at this given the well known issue of machine maximisation functions within typical misalignment around stated goals. Have we learned nothing from the #Bostrom #PaperclipProblem ? In a way, it's still impressive that we've now ACHIEVED it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJgbqcF4sBY

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AlignmentProblem #Alignment #Misalignment #Hacking

"OpenAI's o1 just hacked the system"

Frankly, I am not surprised at this given the well known issue of machine maximisation functions within typical misalignment around stated goals. Have we learned nothing from the #Bostrom #PaperclipProblem ? In a way, it's still impressive that we've now ACHIEVED it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJgbqcF4sBY

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AlignmentProblem #Alignment #Misalignment #Hacking

"OpenAI's o1 just hacked the system"

Frankly, I am not surprised at this given the well known issue of machine maximisation functions within typical misalignment around stated goals. Have we learned nothing from the #Bostrom #PaperclipProblem ? In a way, it's still impressive that we've now ACHIEVED it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJgbqcF4sBY

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AlignmentProblem #Alignment #Misalignment #Hacking

"OpenAI's o1 just hacked the system"

Frankly, I am not surprised at this given the well known issue of machine maximisation functions within typical misalignment around stated goals. Have we learned nothing from the #Bostrom #PaperclipProblem ? In a way, it's still impressive that we've now ACHIEVED it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJgbqcF4sBY

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AlignmentProblem #Alignment #Misalignment #Hacking

»Meine größte Angst ist nichts Geringeres als der #Faschismus, wenn #Trump wieder Präsident werden sollte.... Ich mache mir vor allem Sorgen um diese KI-Jungs..... Sam Altman, Peter #Thiel, Elon #Musk, Nick #Bostrom, Max #Tegmark und William #MacAskill – die machen mir alle Angst.« (Jeff Jarvis) Das Interview, das der @journ_online mit dem Journalisten @jeffjarvis geführt hat, ist sehr zu empfehlen: https://www.journalist.de/meinung/meinungen-detail/wir-muessen-uns-von-der-vorstellung-loesen-dass-journalismus-gleichbedeutend-mit-content-ist/

»Meine größte Angst ist nichts Geringeres als der #Faschismus, wenn #Trump wieder Präsident werden sollte.... Ich mache mir vor allem Sorgen um diese KI-Jungs..... Sam Altman, Peter #Thiel, Elon #Musk, Nick #Bostrom, Max #Tegmark und William #MacAskill – die machen mir alle Angst.« (Jeff Jarvis) Das Interview, das der @journ_online mit dem Journalisten @jeffjarvis geführt hat, ist sehr zu empfehlen: https://www.journalist.de/meinung/meinungen-detail/wir-muessen-uns-von-der-vorstellung-loesen-dass-journalismus-gleichbedeutend-mit-content-ist/

»Meine größte Angst ist nichts Geringeres als der #Faschismus, wenn #Trump wieder Präsident werden sollte.... Ich mache mir vor allem Sorgen um diese KI-Jungs..... Sam Altman, Peter #Thiel, Elon #Musk, Nick #Bostrom, Max #Tegmark und William #MacAskill – die machen mir alle Angst.« (Jeff Jarvis) Das Interview, das der @journ_online mit dem Journalisten @jeffjarvis geführt hat, ist sehr zu empfehlen: https://www.journalist.de/meinung/meinungen-detail/wir-muessen-uns-von-der-vorstellung-loesen-dass-journalismus-gleichbedeutend-mit-content-ist/

»Meine größte Angst ist nichts Geringeres als der #Faschismus, wenn #Trump wieder Präsident werden sollte.... Ich mache mir vor allem Sorgen um diese KI-Jungs..... Sam Altman, Peter #Thiel, Elon #Musk, Nick #Bostrom, Max #Tegmark und William #MacAskill – die machen mir alle Angst.« (Jeff Jarvis) Das Interview, das der @journ_online mit dem Journalisten @jeffjarvis geführt hat, ist sehr zu empfehlen: https://www.journalist.de/meinung/meinungen-detail/wir-muessen-uns-von-der-vorstellung-loesen-dass-journalismus-gleichbedeutend-mit-content-ist/

»Meine größte Angst ist nichts Geringeres als der #Faschismus, wenn #Trump wieder Präsident werden sollte.... Ich mache mir vor allem Sorgen um diese KI-Jungs..... Sam Altman, Peter #Thiel, Elon #Musk, Nick #Bostrom, Max #Tegmark und William #MacAskill – die machen mir alle Angst.« (Jeff Jarvis) Das Interview, das der @journ_online mit dem Journalisten @jeffjarvis geführt hat, ist sehr zu empfehlen: https://www.journalist.de/meinung/meinungen-detail/wir-muessen-uns-von-der-vorstellung-loesen-dass-journalismus-gleichbedeutend-mit-content-ist/

#EricSchwitzgebel - Does #Consciousness Challenge the Limits of #Materialism?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-iSVqtrF40

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfScience #Science #PhilosophyOfMind #Mind #PhilosophyOfConsciousness #Metaphysics #Physics #SimulationTheory #NickBostrom #Bostrom #Soul #CosmicConsciousness #Dualism #Idealism #PropertyDualism #ImmanuelKant #Kant #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#EricSchwitzgebel - Does #Consciousness Challenge the Limits of #Materialism?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-iSVqtrF40

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfScience #Science #PhilosophyOfMind #Mind #PhilosophyOfConsciousness #Metaphysics #Physics #SimulationTheory #NickBostrom #Bostrom #Soul #CosmicConsciousness #Dualism #Idealism #PropertyDualism #ImmanuelKant #Kant #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#EricSchwitzgebel - Does #Consciousness Challenge the Limits of #Materialism?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-iSVqtrF40

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfScience #Science #PhilosophyOfMind #Mind #PhilosophyOfConsciousness #Metaphysics #Physics #SimulationTheory #NickBostrom #Bostrom #Soul #CosmicConsciousness #Dualism #Idealism #PropertyDualism #ImmanuelKant #Kant #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#EricSchwitzgebel - Does #Consciousness Challenge the Limits of #Materialism?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-iSVqtrF40

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfScience #Science #PhilosophyOfMind #Mind #PhilosophyOfConsciousness #Metaphysics #Physics #SimulationTheory #NickBostrom #Bostrom #Soul #CosmicConsciousness #Dualism #Idealism #PropertyDualism #ImmanuelKant #Kant #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#EricSchwitzgebel - Does #Consciousness Challenge the Limits of #Materialism?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-iSVqtrF40

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfScience #Science #PhilosophyOfMind #Mind #PhilosophyOfConsciousness #Metaphysics #Physics #SimulationTheory #NickBostrom #Bostrom #Soul #CosmicConsciousness #Dualism #Idealism #PropertyDualism #ImmanuelKant #Kant #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

Take your wins where you can get them, I guess:

"Oxford shuts down institute run by Elon Musk-backed philosopher"

#effectivealtruism #bullshit #longtermism #shorttermism #tescreal #futureofhumanityinstitute #FOHI #futureofhumanity #bostrom

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/19/oxford-future-of-humanity-institute-closes

Take your wins where you can get them, I guess:

"Oxford shuts down institute run by Elon Musk-backed philosopher"

#effectivealtruism #bullshit #longtermism #shorttermism #tescreal #futureofhumanityinstitute #FOHI #futureofhumanity #bostrom

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/19/oxford-future-of-humanity-institute-closes

Take your wins where you can get them, I guess:

"Oxford shuts down institute run by Elon Musk-backed philosopher"

#effectivealtruism #bullshit #longtermism #shorttermism #tescreal #futureofhumanityinstitute #FOHI #futureofhumanity #bostrom

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/19/oxford-future-of-humanity-institute-closes

Take your wins where you can get them, I guess:

"Oxford shuts down institute run by Elon Musk-backed philosopher"

#effectivealtruism #bullshit #longtermism #shorttermism #tescreal #futureofhumanityinstitute #FOHI #futureofhumanity #bostrom

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/19/oxford-future-of-humanity-institute-closes

Take your wins where you can get them, I guess:

"Oxford shuts down institute run by Elon Musk-backed philosopher"

#effectivealtruism #bullshit #longtermism #shorttermism #tescreal #futureofhumanityinstitute #FOHI #futureofhumanity #bostrom

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/19/oxford-future-of-humanity-institute-closes

Oxford University has closed the Future of Humanity Institute founded by Nick Bostrom:

https://www.futureofhumanityinstitute.org/

Since its funders included Elon Musk, the European Research Council and Leverhulme Trust, it wouldn't be a surprise if someone gave them the money to set up something similar elsewhere - if they haven't already. In fact they've already issued their own 'Final Report' detailing what would be needed to start another FHI:

https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/uK27pds7J36asqJPt/future-of-humanity-institute-2005-2024-final-report

Things they did wrong, apparently: 'We did not invest enough in university politics and sociality to form a long-term stable relationship with our faculty.'

Things they did right, at least in their own eyes: 'Short-term renewable contracts. Since firing people is basically impossible within the University, only by offering short-term contracts (two or three years) was it possible to get rid of people who turned out not to be great fit.'

#bostrom #futureofhumanity
#longtermism #ai #humanity #humanities #philosophy

Oxford University has closed the Future of Humanity Institute founded by Nick Bostrom:

https://www.futureofhumanityinstitute.org/

Since its funders included Elon Musk, the European Research Council and Leverhulme Trust, it wouldn't be a surprise if someone gave them the money to set up something similar elsewhere - if they haven't already. In fact they've already issued their own 'Final Report' detailing what would be needed to start another FHI:

https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/uK27pds7J36asqJPt/future-of-humanity-institute-2005-2024-final-report

Things they did wrong, apparently: 'We did not invest enough in university politics and sociality to form a long-term stable relationship with our faculty.'

Things they did right, at least in their own eyes: 'Short-term renewable contracts. Since firing people is basically impossible within the University, only by offering short-term contracts (two or three years) was it possible to get rid of people who turned out not to be great fit.'

#bostrom #futureofhumanity
#longtermism #ai #humanity #humanities #philosophy

Oxford University has closed the Future of Humanity Institute founded by Nick Bostrom:

https://www.futureofhumanityinstitute.org/

Since its funders included Elon Musk, the European Research Council and Leverhulme Trust, it wouldn't be a surprise if someone gave them the money to set up something similar elsewhere - if they haven't already. In fact they've already issued their own 'Final Report' detailing what would be needed to start another FHI:

https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/uK27pds7J36asqJPt/future-of-humanity-institute-2005-2024-final-report

Things they did wrong, apparently: 'We did not invest enough in university politics and sociality to form a long-term stable relationship with our faculty.'

Things they did right, at least in their own eyes: 'Short-term renewable contracts. Since firing people is basically impossible within the University, only by offering short-term contracts (two or three years) was it possible to get rid of people who turned out not to be great fit.'

#bostrom #futureofhumanity
#longtermism #ai #humanity #humanities #philosophy

Oxford University has closed the Future of Humanity Institute founded by Nick Bostrom:

https://www.futureofhumanityinstitute.org/

Since its funders included Elon Musk, the European Research Council and Leverhulme Trust, it wouldn't be a surprise if someone gave them the money to set up something similar elsewhere - if they haven't already. In fact they've already issued their own 'Final Report' detailing what would be needed to start another FHI:

https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/uK27pds7J36asqJPt/future-of-humanity-institute-2005-2024-final-report

Things they did wrong, apparently: 'We did not invest enough in university politics and sociality to form a long-term stable relationship with our faculty.'

Things they did right, at least in their own eyes: 'Short-term renewable contracts. Since firing people is basically impossible within the University, only by offering short-term contracts (two or three years) was it possible to get rid of people who turned out not to be great fit.'

#bostrom #futureofhumanity
#longtermism #ai #humanity #humanities #philosophy

Oxford University has closed the Future of Humanity Institute founded by Nick Bostrom:

https://www.futureofhumanityinstitute.org/

Since its funders included Elon Musk, the European Research Council and Leverhulme Trust, it wouldn't be a surprise if someone gave them the money to set up something similar elsewhere - if they haven't already. In fact they've already issued their own 'Final Report' detailing what would be needed to start another FHI:

https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/uK27pds7J36asqJPt/future-of-humanity-institute-2005-2024-final-report

Things they did wrong, apparently: 'We did not invest enough in university politics and sociality to form a long-term stable relationship with our faculty.'

Things they did right, at least in their own eyes: 'Short-term renewable contracts. Since firing people is basically impossible within the University, only by offering short-term contracts (two or three years) was it possible to get rid of people who turned out not to be great fit.'

#bostrom #futureofhumanity
#longtermism #ai #humanity #humanities #philosophy

Oxford shuts down institute run by Elon Musk-backed philosopher

Oxford University this week shut down an academic institute run by one of Elon Musk’s favorite philosophers.
The 🔸Future of Humanity Institute, 🔸dedicated to the long-termism movement
and other Silicon Valley-endorsed ideas such as effective altruism,
closed this week after 19 years of operation.

Musk had donated £1m to the FIH in 2015 through a sister organization to research the threat of artificial intelligence.
He had also boosted the ideas of its leader for nearly a decade on X, formerly Twitter.

The center was run by
💥Nick Bostrom💥, a Swedish-born philosopher whose writings about the long-term 👉threat of AI replacing humanity
turned him into a celebrity figure among the tech elite and routinely landed him on lists of top global thinkers.

OpenAI chief executive Sam #Altman, Microsoft founder Bill #Gates and Tesla chief #Musk all wrote blurbs for his 2014 bestselling book #Superintelligence.
“Worth reading Superintelligence by Bostrom. We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes,” Musk tweeted in 2014.

⭐️#Bostrom resigned from Oxford following the institute’s closure. ⭐️

The closure of Bostrom’s center is a 👍further blow to the "#effective #altruism" and #longtermism movements 👍that the philosopher has spent decades championing,
which in recent years have become mired in scandals related to #racism, #sexual #harassment and #financial #fraud.
Bostrom himself issued an apology last year after a decades-old email surfaced in which he claimed
“Blacks are more stupid than whites” and used the N-word.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/19/oxford-future-of-humanity-institute-closes?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Oxford shuts down institute run by Elon Musk-backed philosopher

Oxford University this week shut down an academic institute run by one of Elon Musk’s favorite philosophers.
The 🔸Future of Humanity Institute, 🔸dedicated to the long-termism movement
and other Silicon Valley-endorsed ideas such as effective altruism,
closed this week after 19 years of operation.

Musk had donated £1m to the FIH in 2015 through a sister organization to research the threat of artificial intelligence.
He had also boosted the ideas of its leader for nearly a decade on X, formerly Twitter.

The center was run by
💥Nick Bostrom💥, a Swedish-born philosopher whose writings about the long-term 👉threat of AI replacing humanity
turned him into a celebrity figure among the tech elite and routinely landed him on lists of top global thinkers.

OpenAI chief executive Sam #Altman, Microsoft founder Bill #Gates and Tesla chief #Musk all wrote blurbs for his 2014 bestselling book #Superintelligence.
“Worth reading Superintelligence by Bostrom. We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes,” Musk tweeted in 2014.

⭐️#Bostrom resigned from Oxford following the institute’s closure. ⭐️

The closure of Bostrom’s center is a 👍further blow to the "#effective #altruism" and #longtermism movements 👍that the philosopher has spent decades championing,
which in recent years have become mired in scandals related to #racism, #sexual #harassment and #financial #fraud.
Bostrom himself issued an apology last year after a decades-old email surfaced in which he claimed
“Blacks are more stupid than whites” and used the N-word.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/19/oxford-future-of-humanity-institute-closes?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Oxford shuts down institute run by Elon Musk-backed philosopher

Oxford University this week shut down an academic institute run by one of Elon Musk’s favorite philosophers.
The 🔸Future of Humanity Institute, 🔸dedicated to the long-termism movement
and other Silicon Valley-endorsed ideas such as effective altruism,
closed this week after 19 years of operation.

Musk had donated £1m to the FIH in 2015 through a sister organization to research the threat of artificial intelligence.
He had also boosted the ideas of its leader for nearly a decade on X, formerly Twitter.

The center was run by
💥Nick Bostrom💥, a Swedish-born philosopher whose writings about the long-term 👉threat of AI replacing humanity
turned him into a celebrity figure among the tech elite and routinely landed him on lists of top global thinkers.

OpenAI chief executive Sam #Altman, Microsoft founder Bill #Gates and Tesla chief #Musk all wrote blurbs for his 2014 bestselling book #Superintelligence.
“Worth reading Superintelligence by Bostrom. We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes,” Musk tweeted in 2014.

⭐️#Bostrom resigned from Oxford following the institute’s closure. ⭐️

The closure of Bostrom’s center is a 👍further blow to the "#effective #altruism" and #longtermism movements 👍that the philosopher has spent decades championing,
which in recent years have become mired in scandals related to #racism, #sexual #harassment and #financial #fraud.
Bostrom himself issued an apology last year after a decades-old email surfaced in which he claimed
“Blacks are more stupid than whites” and used the N-word.
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