Claim · 1998 · publication · Stated in source · Supported

Nick Bostrom is the author named on 'How Long Before Superintelligence?'.

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Nick Bostromauthored ↓How Long Before Superintelligence?

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Date: 1998 · publication Records dated 1998 →

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How Long Before Superintelligence?

nickbostrom.com (author's site) · 1998

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“Nick Bostrom Oxford University www.nickbostrom.com”

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Authors: Nick Bostrom
Version: Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 a063c6e28b6ae6777725b5c16f0804a24d07dd640fa18cb9fd2126802e379199). Author's current HTML page (redirected to https://nickbostrom.com/papers/how-long-before-superintelligence/): '(1997) Copyright', revised 25 October 1998 with a postscript, further postscripts added 28 August 2000, 30 October 2005 and 12 March 2008. The 1998 journal text (Int. Jour. of Futures Studies vol. 2) was not retrieved; wording older than the current page is not attested by this copy.
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Accessed: 2026-10-29
Language: English (en)
Attribution: Nick Bostrom, “How Long Before Superintelligence?”, 1998.
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Date. Publication year the author gives (Int. Jour. of Futures Studies vol. 2); the author's page also says '(1997) Copyright'.

Record ID th-authored-bostrom-1998