Episode · Big Technology Podcast · 2026-08-19
Books mentioned on Nick Bostrom: Worries About AI Existential Risk Just Became More Concrete
Nick Bostrom is an AI philosopher and the author of Superintelligence and Deep Utopia. Bostrom joins Big Technology to discuss whether the rise of autonomous AI agents is making the technology’s existential risks more concrete.
Alex Kantrowitz recommended Deep Utopia by Nick Bostrom, and discussed Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Superintelligence
Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom is a speculative nonfiction book that examines the potential paths, risks, and existential threats of creating artificial intelligence that vastly surpasses human intellect.
Discussed“Um, and some of the worries that you had brought up in the past in your book, Super Intelligence, um, the fears of like AI potentially wiping us out didn't seem like they were pressing.”
Where to get it
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Deep Utopia
Deep Utopia by Nick Bostrom is a philosophical exploration of potential positive futures and optimal scenarios for humanity in an advanced technological age characterized by artificial intelligence.
Recommended“Uh folks, the book definitely check out the both books, but Deep Utopia and Super Intelligence are available um basically at all places that sell books.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“He is the uh famed AI philosopher and author of Deep Utopia and Super Intelligence: Paths, Dangers, and Strategies.”
“He is the uh famed AI philosopher and author of Deep Utopia and Super Intelligence: Paths, Dangers, and Strategies.”
“He is a philosopher, the author of Deep Utopia and Super Intelligence. Um Nick, question for you.”
“He is a philosopher, the author of Deep Utopia and Super Intelligence. Um Nick, question for you.”