Nick Bostrom is a Swedish-born philosopher and polymath with a background in theoretical physics, computational neuroscience, logic, and artificial intelligence. He has been a Professor at Oxford University UK and founding director of Future of Humanity Institute (2005—2024) and currently a Principal Researcher at the Macrostrategy Research Initiative.
Bostrom is one of the most important and globally recognisable contemporary philosophers.
He is the author of some 200 publications, including Anthropic Bias, Global Catastrophic Risks, Human Enhancement, and, most recently, the book Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies.
He is known for his pioneering work on existential risk, the simulation argument, the anthropic principle, AI safety, human enhancement ethics, whole brain emulation, superintelligence risks, the reversal test and global consequentialism amongst others.
His writings have been translated into more than 30 languages; he is a repeat main-stage TED speaker; He has received the Eugene R. Gannon Award for the Continued Pursuit of Human Advancement;
He has been named One of the Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy Magazine twice and and was included in Prospect’s World Thinkers list, the youngest person in the top 15.
He is one of the most-cited philosophers in the world, and has been referred to as “the Swedish superbrain”.
