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Summary: Among other topics, Nick discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:<br> <br> * The increasing need for a focus on ethical behavior in a technology-driven world<br> * The role of existential risks in the field of research<br> * Current trends that are fueling the advancement of artificial intelligence<br> * The inherent implications that artificial intelligence has on the human civilization<br> * The complication that artificial intelligence presents as it is introduced to the business landscape<br> * The Future of Humanity Institute that he oversees<br> * People of influence on Nick’s personal development and the work he conducts<br> <br> Nick Bostrom’s Biography<br> Nick Bostrom is the author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Superintelligence-Dangers-Strategies-Nick-Bostrom/dp/0198739834?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=0198739834&linkCode=w00&linkId=7bb6ca8e5b9e8a96786cb1f9424715d0&ref_=as_sl_pc_tf_til&tag=mestll-20">Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies</a>, a book that explains the impending threats that artificial intelligence presents to the human civilization, and ways to co-exist with its presence. He gave a<a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/nick_bostrom_what_happens_when_our_computers_get_smarter_than_we_are?language=en"> TED talk on the subject of machine intelligence</a> in 2015. Nick is also a Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University and the Founding Director of the Future of Humanity Institute, a multidisciplinary research center at the University of Oxford whose mission is to enable leading researchers bring the tools of mathematics, philosophy and science to bear on big-picture questions about humanity and its prospects.<br> Nick received a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Mathematics, Mathematical Logic and Artificial Intelligence from the University of Gothenburg. He received his master’s degree in Philosophy and Physics at the University of Stockholm, a master’s degree in Computational Neuroscience at King’s College London, and a PhD in Philosophy from the London School of Economics.<br> <br>
