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Rationality: From AI to ZombiesBook

by Eliezer Yudkowsky, 2015

Who uses, recommends or left Rationality: From AI to Zombies, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Founder and chief executive of Replit; previously an engineer at Facebook and Codecademy. Writes essays at amasad.me.
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luckily I was aided by a few books that I recommend to anyone who wants to come to terms with this

From his 2016 year-in-review post, in a section on books that helped him come to terms with a physicalist worldview.

2017-01-08·amasad.me ↗

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