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Aug 14 2009

The Big Picture – Nick Bostrom at Activate 09

Posted by Frank Whittemore in AI, Ethics/Dangers, Singularity Commentary

Nick Bostrom, director, Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute and founder of the world transhumanist foundation offers a mind-bending existential take on artificial intelligence, singularity and life in a post-human world.

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