Anders Sandberg
Anders Sandberg | |
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PhD in Computational Neuroscience) | |
Occupation(s) | Researcher, science debater, futurist, transhumanist and author |
Movement | Transhumanism |
Website | www |
Anders Sandberg (born 11 July 1972) is a Swedish researcher, futurist and transhumanist. He holds a PhD in computational neuroscience from Stockholm University, and is a former senior research fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford.[1]
Work
Sandberg's research centres on societal and ethical issues surrounding human enhancement and new technology, as well as on assessing the capabilities and underlying science of future technologies.[2] His research includes work on cognitive enhancement[3] (methods, impacts, and policy analysis) and technical roadmaps on whole brain emulation,[4] neuroethics, and global catastrophic risks. He analysed how to take into account the subjective uncertainty in risk estimates of low-likelihood, high-consequence risk.[5]
Sandberg is known as a researcher, participant and commentator in the public debate on human enhancement, neuroscience, ethics, and future studies.[2]
He is co-founder of and writer for the think tank
Sandberg is also an electronic artist, whose renderings have been adapted for book covers by futurist Damien Broderick: The Dreaming, Earth is But a Star, The Judas Mandala, Skiffy and Mimesis, Uncle Bones, Warriors of the Tao, and xyzt.[8]
Sandberg has also supported and advocated cryonics, for example by signing an open letter to support research into cryonics[9] and by being an advisor to the UK Cryonics and Cryopreservation Research Network,[10] a UK advocacy group.[11] He has personally arranged to be cryonically preserved after his legal death.[12]
One of his 2014 papers, entitled "Ethics of Brain Emulations",[13] became one of the most downloaded papers in the Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence,[14] from a special volume edited by Vincent C. Müller.
With nanotechnologist
In 2018, in response to a question on Physics
See also
- Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford
- Global catastrophic risks
- Transhumanism
- Longtermism
References
- ^ "Future of Humanity Institute". Archived from the original on 7 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Anders Sandberg - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- S2CID 10135931.
- ^ Anders Sandberg, Nick Bostrom (2008): Whole Brain Emulation: A Roadmap Archived 3 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine Technical Report #2008‐3, Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University
- arXiv:0810.5515 [physics.soc-ph].
- ^ Orion's Arm, the early years
- ^ Wilks, Jeremy (21 October 2014). "Anders Sandberg : Explorer of the mind". Euronews. Archived from the original on 14 October 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
- ^ Sandberg, Anders. "Curriculum Vitae of Anders Sandberg". aleph.se. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
- ^ "Scientists Open Letter on Cryonics". 15 January 2012. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ "UK Cryonics and Cryopreservation Research Network". Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ Chibber, Kabir (11 May 2015). "Meet the people out to stop humanity from destroying itself". Quartz. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
- ^ "V&A · Project focus | Cryonics: who wants to live forever?". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- S2CID 14545074.
- ^ "Most popular articles". Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- arXiv:1806.02404 [physics.pop-ph].
- ^ "Three of The World's Greatest Minds Just Published a New Take on The Famous Fermi Paradox". ScienceAlert. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ Kois, Dan. "A Q&A With the Brave Scientist Who Figured Out What Would Happen if the Earth Were Made of Blueberries". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ Zhang, Sarah (2 August 2018). "Blueberry Earth: The Delicious Thought Experiment That's Roiling Planetary Scientists". The Atlantic. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ "What If the Earth Was Made Out of Blueberries?". Popular Mechanics. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
External links
- Official website
- Academic bio
- 'Andart' Personal blog (to 11 August 2014)
- 'Andart2' personal blog (from August 2014)
- Anders' Main Page
- Transhuman Resources
- Anders Sandberg on Flickr