{"product_id":"deep-utopia-life-and-meaning-in-a-solved-world-9781646871643","title":"Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World","description":"\u003cb\u003eGold Medal Winner, \u003ci\u003eLiving Now Book Awards 2024\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Books of 2024, \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, \u003ci\u003eIndependent Press Awards 2024\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonorable Mention, \u003ci\u003eRoyal Dragonfly Book Awards 2024 (Religion\/Spirituality)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, \u003ci\u003ePenCraft Book Awards 2024 (Fiction: Intrigue)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest AI Books of 2024, \u003ci\u003eThe Information\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Book Fest (Nonfiction: Cross-Genre)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, \u003ci\u003e2025 American Legacy Book Award (Nonfiction: Cross-Genre)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBostrom's last book, \u003ci\u003eSuperintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies\u003c\/i\u003e (OUP, 2014), sparked a global conversation on AI that continues and widens to this day. That book, which despite its academic style became a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, focused on what would happen if AI goes wrong. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut what if AI goes right? Suppose we succeed in developing superintelligence safely and that we make good use of the almost magical powers this unlocks. We would then achieve full unemployment. More than that, we would transition into a \"post-instrumental condition,\" in which human effort is not needed for any practical purpose. This would be a condition of material abundance. Human nature itself would become fully malleable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn such a \u003ci\u003esolved world\u003c\/i\u003e, what would be the point of human existence? What could give meaning to our lives? Which old values will we have to sacrifice, and which new values will we be able to realize to wonderful degrees? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeep Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e--a work that is again years ahead of its time--takes the readers on a journey into some of the most profound questions that arise as we dissolve the limits of our current mode of being. It is a lush, playful, difficult, and human text that interleaves fiction stories and philosophical lectures that show us a glimpse of a different kind of existence-one that might be ours in the not-so-distant future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nick Bostrom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ideapress Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.8lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646871643","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44148546338861,"sku":"9781646871643","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_42c63d92-3d73-48c5-9558-8dcbf8f340c4.jpg?v=1757226630","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/deep-utopia-life-and-meaning-in-a-solved-world-9781646871643","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}