He is a Professor at Oxford University, where he leads the Future of Humanity Institute as its founding director. AI Doomsayer Says His Ideas Are Catching On. Live from TED2019 Possibility: Notes from Session 7 of TED2019 April 18, 2019. Nick Bostrom is Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University and founding Director of the Future of Humanity Institute and of the Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology within the Oxford Martin School. Transhumanism: The World’s Most Dangerous Idea? And then, says Nick Bostrom, it will overtake us: "Machine intelligence is the last invention that humanity will ever need to make." Nick Bostrom is a professor at the Oxford University, where he heads the ... More news and ideas from Nick Bostrom. Bostrom has a background in physics, computational neuroscience, and mathematical logic as well as philosophy. Philosopher Nick Bostrom says major tech companies are listening to his warnings about investing in “AI safety” research. Nick Bostrom is a Swedish-born philosopher and polymath with a background in theoretical physics, computational neuroscience, logic, and artificial intelligence, as well as philosophy. Nick Bostrom (2004) www.nickbostrom.com [Short version: Foreign Policy, in press; Full version: Betterhumans] “What idea, if embraced, would pose the greatest threat to the welfare of humanity?” Artificial intelligence is getting smarter by leaps and bounds -- within this century, research suggests, a computer AI could be as "smart" as a human being.