#2525 - Nick Bostrom
7/14/20262 hr 20 min
Nick Bostrom is a philosopher whose work focuses on artificial intelligence, existential risk, and the future of humanity. He is Principal Researcher at the Macrostrategy Research Initiative and the author of several books, the most recent of which is “Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World.”
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Deep-Utopia/Nick-Bostrom/9781646871643
www.nickbostrom.com
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First 90 secondsJoe Rogan· Host0:00
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Nick Bostrom· Guest0:52
Joe Rogan Podcast, check it out.
Joe Rogan· Host0:56
The Joe Rogan Experience. Train by day, Joe Rogan Podcast by night, all day. [upbeat music] It's great to see you again.
Nick Bostrom· Guest1:06
Yeah, good to see you.
Joe Rogan· Host1:08
So, um, since the last time we talked- [clears throat] ... we, we spent a lot of time where you were trying to explain to me simulation theory, and why the probability of simulation theory is, uh, more likely than it not being a simulation.
Nick Bostrom· Guest1:24
Um, yeah, it was what? Five years ago or something?
Joe Rogan· Host1:27
I think it was six.
Nick Bostrom· Guest1:28
Six, yeah.
Joe Rogan· Host1:28
Five or six, sometime along those