Macrostrategy

Abstract

In this talk, Bostrom will discuss some of the challenges that appear if one is seeking to maximize the expected value of the long-term consequences of present actions, particularly if one’s objective function has a time-neutral altruistic component. This requires one to engage with concepts such as existential risk, future technological transformations, predictability horizons, and a number of crucial considerations. Nick Bostrom is Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University. He is the founding Director of the Future of Humanity Institute, a multidisciplinary research centre which enables a few exceptional mathematicians, philosophers, and scientists to think about global priorities and big questions for humanity.