AI Futures: AGI That Saves Room for Us - with Nick Bostrom of Oxford University

Today’s guest is Nick Bostrom, a prominent philosopher and the Director of the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) at Oxford University. He also leads the Governance of AI Program (GovAI) within the FHI. Renowned globally, his expertise spans existential risk, the anthropic principle, ethics surrounding human enhancement, whole brain emulation, superintelligence risks, and the reversal test. In this special episode of the “AI Futures” series on the AI in Business podcast, we offer an exclusive sample from the Trajectory podcast, hosted by Emerj CEO and Head of Research Daniel Faggella. This excerpt features a fascinating conversation with Nick centering on the concept of a “worthy successor”—post-human intelligences that could expand beyond human capabilities while preserving essential human values. Drawing from his latest book, Deep Utopia, Bostrom explores the potential for AI to “go right,” offering a rare glimpse of optimism for the future of artificial intelligence and its alignment with moral progress. If you’re interested in getting more perspectives on AI’s longer term impact on business and society, be sure to tune into the Trajectory podcast. You can find the YouTube and podcast links here: emerj.com/tj2