https://cowlpane.com/tags/philosophy/ Recent content in Philosophy on Cowlpane Hugo en-us Fri, 08 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://cowlpane.com/tech/nick-bostrom-has-a-plan-for-humanitys-big-retirement/ Fri, 08 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://cowlpane.com/tech/nick-bostrom-has-a-plan-for-humanitys-big-retirement/ <p>Philosopher Nick Bostromrecentlyposted a paper, where he postulated that a small chance of AI annihilating all humans might be worth the risk, because advanced AI might relieve humanity of “its universal death sentence.” That upbeat gamble is quite a leap from his previous dark musings on AI, which made him a doomer godfather. His 2014 bookSuperintelligencewas an early examination of AI’s existential risk.</p> <hr> <p><strong><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/nick-bostrom-has-a-plan-for-humanitys-big-retirement/">➡️ Read the full article at Wired</a></strong></p>