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Nick Bostrom: 'People will look back on 2025 and shudder in horror'. Silicon valley’s favourite philosopher has dire warnings about the race artificial general intelligence. Is there still time for the tech bros to listen?
Nick Bostrom, Silicon valley’s favourite philosopher, explains why AI taking jobs should be the least of our worries
At least, that’s the premise of the thought experiment haunting Silicon Valley since 2014, when philosopher Nick Bostrom published Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. Perhaps memes about slurs for AIs (“clanker”, the derogatory term for droids in Star Wars, is my favourite) could one day be considered genuinely hurtful. “That it is almost demeaning to have to sell your time in order to make money.” A life of leisure and creative pursuit is the goal, sure — but funding that lifestyle without being landed gentry is tricky.
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