Rationality: From AI to Zombies Reviews and details

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• This AI-generated quote would make our author proud

  I did not make this, unfortunately, and it is sad as an amateur high-concept author (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, etc) that an AI can outwit me. I don't have confirmation but I would bet he used his custom "Loom" interface to GPT-3 to refine the story - I have seen many interesting things, so don't take it lightly when I say that it is one of the most interesting things I've seen in my life. But the prompt is the start of the... Source: over 1 year ago

• Have you read anything since hpmor that you enjoyed as much as hpmor or more?

  Rationality: From AI to Zombies by Eliezer Yudkowsky: The edited version of The Sequences, which are the founding text of rationalism. In them, Eliezer teaches you how to think almost from first principles, starting from the very concept of truth and through to reductionism, mental biases, evolutionary psychology, and the rest. Skip the first two listings and just download the whole thing from the button on the... Source: over 1 year ago

• What should I read from LessWrong to be sure I’m not missing out?

  An abridged and slightly edited compilation of them was also released in a book form. It's a fine selection, but unfortunately it doesn't include comments, where plenty of good discussion happened. So I read the posts in the book's order, then looked at the comments. Source: about 2 years ago

• Thoughts.

  Adding to what the other comments are saying about checking out sequels like Significant Digits, I suggest checking out the author's non-fiction work, which goes deep into the ideas he explores in HPMOR and many more. Here's a curated compilation, or here if you'd rather download the entire thing. Source: over 2 years ago

• If you could send a book back to the year 1900, what would it be, and why?

  Eliezer Yudkowsky's Rationality: From AI to Zombies argues that the current favorable Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics is favored solely because it was discovered first. If the Wheeler, Many Worlds interpretation had been discovered first it would have been the obvious choice. Source: over 2 years ago