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I wouldn't be surprised if tomorrow was the Final Dawn, the last sunrise before the Earth and Sun are reshaped into computing elements.

~Eliezer Yudkowsky

Topics: Before Computing Dawn Earth Elements Final Last Sun Sunrise Surprised Tomorrow

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By far, the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.

~Eliezer Yudkowsky

Topics: Artificial Artificial Intelligence Conclude Danger Early Far Greatest Intelligence People Too Understand

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Let the winds of evidence blow you about as though you are a leaf, with no direction of your own. Beware lest you fight a rearguard retreat against the evidence, grudgingly conceding each foot of ground only when forced, feeling cheated. Surrender to the truth as quickly as you can.

~Eliezer Yudkowsky

Topics: About Against Beware Blow Cheated Direction Each Evidence Feeling Fight Foot Forced Ground Leaf Lest Only Own Quickly Retreat Surrender Though Truth Winds You Your

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Anything that could give rise to smarter-than-human intelligence - in the form of Artificial Intelligence, brain-computer interfaces, or neuroscience-based human intelligence enhancement - wins hands down beyond contest as doing the most to change the world. Nothing else is even in the same league.

~Eliezer Yudkowsky

Topics: Anything Artificial Artificial Intelligence Beyond Change Change The World Contest Could Doing Down Else Enhancement Even Form Give Hands Human Human Intelligence Intelligence League Most Nothing Rise Same Wins World

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Nothing you'll read as breaking news will ever hold a candle to the sheer beauty of settled science. Textbook science has carefully phrased explanations for new students, math derived step by step, plenty of experiments as illustration, and test problems.

~Eliezer Yudkowsky

Topics: Beauty Breaking Candle Carefully Derived Ever Experiments Explanations Hold Illustration Math New News Nothing Plenty Problems Read Science Settled Sheer Step Students Test Textbook Will You

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To be clever in argument is not rationality but rationalization.

~Eliezer Yudkowsky

Topics: Argument Clever Rationality

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The human species was not born into a market economy. Bees won't sell you honey if you offer them an electronic funds transfer. The human species imagined money into existence, and it exists - for us, not mice or wasps - because we go on believing in it.

~Eliezer Yudkowsky

Topics: Because Bees Believing Born Economy Electronic Existence Exists Funds Go Honey Human Human Species Imagined Market Market Economy Mice Money Offer Sell Species Them Transfer Us You

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There's a popular concept of 'intelligence' as book smarts, like calculus or chess, as opposed to, say, social skills. So people say that 'it takes more than intelligence to succeed in human society.' But social skills reside in the brain, not the kidneys.

~Eliezer Yudkowsky

Topics: Book Brain Calculus Chess Concept Human Human Society Intelligence Like More Opposed People People Say Popular Reside Say Skills Smarts Social Social Skills Society Succeed Takes Than

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I don't care where I live, so long as there's a roof to keep the rain off my books, and high-speed Internet access.

~Eliezer Yudkowsky

Topics: Access Books Care Internet Keep Live Long Off Rain Roof Where

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A burning itch to know is higher than a solemn vow to pursue truth. To feel the burning itch of curiosity requires both that you be ignorant, and that you desire to relinquish your ignorance.

~Eliezer Yudkowsky

Topics: Both Burning Curiosity Desire Feel Higher Ignorance Ignorant Itch Know Pursue Relinquish Requires Solemn Than Truth Vow You Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: September 11th, 1979

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