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Thus, Bostrom, and writers in agreement with Bostrom such as David Chalmers, argue there might be empirical reasons for the "simulation hypothesis", and that therefore the simulation hypothesis is not a skeptical hypothesis but rather a "metaphysical hypothesis". Bostrom states he personally sees no strong argument as to which of the three ...
The owl on the book cover alludes to an analogy which Bostrom calls the "Unfinished Fable of the Sparrows". [5] A group of sparrows decide to find an owl chick and raise it as their servant. [ 6 ] They eagerly imagine "how easy life would be" if they had an owl to help build their nests, to defend the sparrows and to free them for a life of ...
Nick Bostrom (/ ˈ b ɒ s t r əm / BOST-rəm; Swedish: Niklas Boström [ˈnɪ̌kːlas ˈbûːstrœm]; born 10 March 1973) [3] is a philosopher known for his work on existential risk, the anthropic principle, human enhancement ethics, whole brain emulation, superintelligence risks, and the reversal test.
[3] [2] Philosopher Nick Bostrom later elaborated the thought experiment in the form of a fictional dialogue. [2] Subsequently, other authors published their own sequels to the events of this first dialogue, adopting the same literary style. [4] [5] In Bostrom's description, [2] Blaise Pascal is accosted by a mugger who has forgotten their ...
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In the heads scenario, Sleeping Beauty would spend her wager amount one time, and receive 1 money for being correct. In the tails scenario, she would spend her wager amount twice, and receive nothing. Her expected value is therefore to gain 0.5 but also lose 1.5 times her wager, thus she should break even if her wager is 1/3.
Bostrom also proposes several subsets of these major categories, including the following types: [2] Data hazards: A piece of data that can be used to harm others, such as the DNA sequence of a lethal pathogen. [2] Idea hazards: General ideas that can harm others if fulfilled. One example is the idea of "using a fission reaction to create a bomb ...
The Riemann hypothesis catastrophe thought experiment provides one example of instrumental convergence. Marvin Minsky, the co-founder of MIT's AI laboratory, suggested that an artificial intelligence designed to solve the Riemann hypothesis might decide to take over all of Earth's resources to build supercomputers to help achieve its goal. [2]