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Books by Eliezer Yudkowsky mentioned on podcasts
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If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares is a stark warning about the existential risks posed by the potential creation of superintelligent artificial intelligence.
Discussed“Yud is like this the central figure who's been preaching AI doom for a long time, right? So he wrote that book if anyone builds it, we all die. Yes.”
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Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky is a massive, widely read piece of fan fiction that reimagines the original wizarding universe through the lens of scientific rationality and critical thinking.
Discussed“On her blog when discussing theoretical acts of deadly violence, Ziz referred to what she called Quirrel's algorithm from the Harry Potter rationalist fan pick these people all love. And she quoted this line from the book describing the mental state she believed was necessary to survive a life-threatening situation.”
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Inadequate Equilibria
Inadequate Equilibria by Eliezer Yudkowsky is an online book exploring game theory, societal traps, and the reasons why civilizations often remain stuck in suboptimal states.
Discussed“and 2014 she attends a lecture by Alicia yid Kowski on the subject of inadequate equilibria which is the title of a book that yid Kowski had wrote about the time and the book is about where and how civilizations get stuck”
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