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Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. Written by an AI researcher, the book explores HP as if he was a very rational and intelligent agent, rather than
by jonbot420 5y ago
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality.
Written by an AI researcher, the book explores HP as if he was a very rational and intelligent agent, rather than someone who immediately accepts all aspects of magic.
It’s not just interesting, but includes real theories of rationality that made me consider how I immediately accept many things myself.
- hallway_monitor 5y agoGive this book 5 minutes of time at [0] where it is released. It's a great story and drives home a lot of points about cognitive biases. I found out about this book here on HN when it was being released as a web serial. I had never read any Harry Potter books before this but I immediately got sucked in. One of my favorite books. [0] http://www.hpmor.com/ http://www.hpmor.com/
- wallacoloo 5y agoElizier Yudkowsky is just a really good author. can’t speak for HPMOR, but i love his other series, The Sequences, which per my understanding communicates the same ideas via more succinct, nonfiction writing. https://www.readthesequences.com/ https://www.readthesequences.com/ or the paperbacks are on Amazon.
- Ostrogodsky 5y ago> by an AI researcher EY is an AI researcher the same way Elon Musk is an aeronautical engineer.