Hire Nick Bostrom | Speaker Agent [Video]

Swedish-born philosopher, Nick Bostrom, is an award-winning thought leader in the artificial intelligence and technology sector, exploring the existential problems that AI creates for humanity. Despite not enjoying school, Nick had a breakthrough in his late teenage years, that brought on his desire to study and become a philosopher. He earned his degrees in mathematics, logic and artificial intelligence at the University of Gothenburg, where he also got his Masters’ degree in philosophy and physics. He then moved to England, where he gained a further Masters’ degree in computational neuroscience from Kings College London and a PHD in philosophy from London School of Economics.

Nick’s current focus is what the future holds for humanity; in 2006, he became the founding director of the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford. He and his team look at campaigning for legislation to accelerate the development of technology to benefit humanity, but at the same time, stifle the …