Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2024-10-28

Chris Williamson & Ryan Long: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #857

DEI Wars, Trump's Bible & The Masculinity Vote - Ryan Long - #857

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Chris Williamson discussed Human Compatible by Stuart Russell and Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   Human Compatible

   Stuart Russell · at 52:27

   Human Compatible is a book by Stuart Russell that addresses the control problem for artificial general intelligence and how algorithms interact with human preferences.

   Discussed

   “I had this conversation with a guy called Stuart Russell who wrote This Book human compatible so the worldwide textbook on AI”

   Chris Williamson DEI Wars, Trump's Bible & The Masculinity Vote - Ryan Long - #857 2024-10-28 Listen at 52:27

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2. 

   Thinking, Fast and Slow

   Daniel Kahneman · at 2:12:57

   Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman is a seminal exploration of behavioral psychology that examines the two systems of the human mind—intuitive thinking and deliberate reasoning—and how cognitive biases drive systematic errors in judgment.

   Discussed

   “So uh, Daniel Kahneman got super famous for this work; they got people to do, I think it was like colonoscopies or endoscopies or something, and they were able to track how long someone had been under this procedure and the amount of movement of the camera or whatever; more movement of the camera would mean more discomfort, so that”

   Chris Williamson DEI Wars, Trump's Bible & The Masculinity Vote - Ryan Long - #857 2024-10-28 Listen at 2:12:57

   Where to get it

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