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How Long Before Superintelligence?

Nick Bostrom, “How Long Before Superintelligence?”. Copyright year in the author's header (date claimed by a later account or citation: 1997). International Journal of Futures Studies vol. 2, as the author's page states (published 1998). Revision with a postscript, as the author's header states (date claimed by a later account or citation: 25 October 1998). The retrieved copy is the author's current page with all four postscripts; it does not attest which wording was in the 1997 or 1998 text.

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  • How Long Before Superintelligence? nickbostrom.com (author's site) · published 1998 · 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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