Superintelligence

Nick Bostrom

Brought up on Modern Wisdom, most recently on 2026-08-13 — 2 episodes.

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Where it came up

• Modern Wisdom · Hunter Biden, Matt McCusker & Duncan Trussell - Mostly Wise #2 · at 2:20:41 · 2026-08-13

  “Have you read that book? It's so good. The way we process time is based on how fast the brain processes information.”Discussed

• Modern Wisdom · Why The AI Doomers Might Be Right - Robert Wright · at 1:05:28 · 2026-07-11

  “when I read Superintelligence I'm real worried there's going to be a fast takeoff scenario or computer brain interfaces”Discussed

Also mentioned in those episodes

• · The devil's chessboardDavid Talbot Modern Wisdom
• · The UpanishadsSwami Paramananda Modern Wisdom
• · The Moral AnimalRobert Wright Modern Wisdom
• · The God TestRobert Wright Modern Wisdom
• · NonzeroRobert Wright Modern Wisdom
• · Three Scientists and Their Gods Modern Wisdom

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