Nick Bostrom, born Niklas Boström, is a renowned philosopher at the University of Oxford. He is widely recognized for his extensive work on existential risk, the anthropic principle, human enhancement ethics, whole brain emulation, superintelligence risks, and the reversal test. As the founding director of the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University, Bostrom has made significant contributions to the field of existential safety.

He is the celebrated author of Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy (2002) and Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (2014), which earned its place as a New York Times Best Seller. Bostrom's work addresses the possibilities and dangers associated with advances in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly the concept of superintelligence, which he describes as "any intellect that greatly outperforms human cognitive abilities in virtually all areas of interest".

Bostrom's influence extends beyond academia, having impacted the perspectives of notable figures such as Elon Musk and Bill Gates on the existential risks posed by superintelligence. His academic journey includes earning bachelor's degrees in artificial intelligence, philosophy, mathematics, and logic, followed by master's degrees in philosophy, physics, and computational neuroscience. In 2000, he received a PhD in Philosophy from the London School of Economics. Bostrom is the recipient of the Eugene R. Gannon Award and has been named in Foreign Policy's list of the 100 leading global thinkers in both 2009 and 2015.