Oxford shuts down institute run by Elon Musk-backed philosopher

"The center was run by Nick Bostrom, a Swedish-born philosopher whose writings about the long-term threat of AI replacing humanity turned him into a celebrity figure among the tech elite and routinely landed him on lists of top global thinkers. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Tesla chief Musk all wrote blurbs for his 2014 bestselling book Superintelligence."

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/19/oxford-future-of-humanity-institute-closes

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