Deep UtopiaNick Bostrom
Deep Utopia
by Nick Bostrom · first published 2024
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…So many assumptions. There is no need to just assume any particular distribution of boredom across the future population of the world. Making predictions about social unrest is even more complicated. Deep Utopia (Bostrom) is an excellent read that extensively discusses various options if things go well.
on “AI is different” ↗Y'all should checkout Deep Utopia by Nick Bostrom. It's about exactly this conundrum. He's fairly rosy though about our capacity to find meaningful human interaction and activity in a "solved" world. Though some things we do for purely…
on “We won't "just hang out"” ↗…development of AGI in our lifetime, I'm struggling with the question: will we be bored in heaven? Note: I've already read the Culture series and was left wanting, and aware of Bostrom's forthcoming book "Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World."
on “Life after AGI-created Utopia” ↗>So many assumptions. Then a few words later ... >Deep Utopia (Bostrom) is an excellent read that extensively discusses various options if things go well Oh, the irony
on “AI is different” ↗…who was one of the instigators of AI doom with his 2014 book: Superintelligence 2014 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superintelligence:_Paths,_Dang... has now brought out another book on the positives: Deep Utopia 2024 https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/deep-utopia-life-and-meaning-in-... I was just watching an interview with him: Nick Bostrom Says We Are Clueless About What's Coming https://youtu.be/J9WBZ8BTLLg https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/opinion/interesting-times...…
on “There's little that's "inevitable" about AI” ↗I recently read Deep Utopia and I found it frustratingly disjointed and inelegant. I kept expecting a big reveal, or a drawing together of the various threads into an unexpected insight, which never came. I agree with the review…
on “Bostrom's Deep Utopia” ↗"Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World" A book about what to do with life in the face of boundless possibilities, and when just about everything important has been figured out. I recall that this was a…
on “Sci-fi books that you may never have heard of, but definitely should read” ↗For the video-challenged: The following two recent books may say more. Editorial at the end of this post. Deep Utopia (2024) Blurb: A greyhound catching the mechanical lure—what would he actually do with it? Has he given this any thought? Bostrom’s previous book, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies changed…
on “How to Prevent AI Catastrophe – Nick Bostrom [video]” ↗