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Name
Nick Bostrom
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Version
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Focus areas
  • Forecasting & AI trajectory
  • Public communication & education
Public professional roles
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What they do

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At a glance

Philosopher and founder/principal researcher of the Macrostrategy Research Initiative whose work on superintelligence, existential risk and macrostrategy strongly influenced the modern AI-safety field. He founded and led Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute until its closure in 2024.

Their current place in the ecosystem spans forecasting and strategic analysis, and public communication and education.

Current context: Bostrom's current institutional affiliation is the Macrostrategy Research Initiative. Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute is a historical affiliation and closed in 2024.

Current work and relevance

SIRDA has not yet completed dedicated research into Nick Bostrom's current work beyond what is summarized above; this section is marked research-needed and will be revised as sourced findings become available.

SIRDA tracks Nick Bostrom because this person's research, leadership, public argument, or institutional work has materially shaped advanced-AI safety. The profile connects those contributions to current organizations, projects, debates, and SIRDA questions while keeping personal views separate from the positions of any organization with which the person is affiliated.

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Editorial note

This is SIRDA editorial content. Inclusion is an educational listing. It does not mean the subject has joined SIRDA, endorsed the founding inquiry, or approved this description. Factual corrections can be incorporated with a visible revision record, and substantive disagreements can be published as attributed responses.

Key work

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Related questions
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Version 2: Published SIRDA editorial snapshot: 2026-09-23 00:00:00+00

individual · Individual · listed

Name
Nick Bostrom
Profile slug
nick-bostrom
Version
2
Focus areas
  • Forecasting & AI trajectory
  • Public communication & education
Public professional roles
Not recorded
Publicly stated affiliations
Not recorded
Media channels
Not recorded

What they do

SIRDA editorial

At a glance

Philosopher and founder/principal researcher of the Macrostrategy Research Initiative whose work on superintelligence, existential risk and macrostrategy strongly influenced the modern AI-safety field. He founded and led Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute until its closure in 2024.

Their current place in the ecosystem spans forecasting and strategic analysis, and public communication and education.

Current context: Bostrom's current institutional affiliation is the Macrostrategy Research Initiative. Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute is a historical affiliation and closed in 2024.

Current work and relevance

SIRDA has not yet completed dedicated research into Nick Bostrom's current work beyond what is summarized above; this section is marked research-needed and will be revised as sourced findings become available.

SIRDA tracks Nick Bostrom because this person's research, leadership, public argument, or institutional work has materially shaped advanced-AI safety. The profile connects those contributions to current organizations, projects, debates, and SIRDA questions while keeping personal views separate from the positions of any organization with which the person is affiliated.

Relationship web

Sources

Editorial note

This is SIRDA editorial content. Inclusion is an educational listing. It does not mean the subject has joined SIRDA, endorsed the founding inquiry, or approved this description. Factual corrections can be incorporated with a visible revision record, and substantive disagreements can be published as attributed responses.

Key work

No key work recorded.

Related questions
Q001, Q005, Q014, Q002, Q008
Related failure conditions
None recorded

Sources

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