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Oxford philosopher known for work on artificial intelligence, existential risk, and superintelligence.
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Superintelligence
by Nick Bostrom · 2014
A rigorous exploration of possible machine intelligence trajectories and control problems.
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Sam Altman
CEO, OpenAI; former head, Y Combinator
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Incidentally, Nick Bostrom's excellent book "Superintelligence" is the best thing I've seen on this topic. It is well worth a read.
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Sam Altman · undated · accessed 2026-06-21
Altman's own blog post calls Bostrom's Superintelligence excellent, the best thing he has seen on the topic, and well worth a read.
Elon Musk
CEO, SpaceX and Tesla
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Worth reading Superintelligence by Bostrom.
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Oxford shuts down institute run by Elon Musk-backed philosopher
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The Guardian · 2024-04-19 · accessed 2026-06-21
The article quotes Musk's 2014 post saying Superintelligence by Bostrom was worth reading and warning that AI could be more dangerous than nuclear weapons.