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Rationality: AI to Zombies is an e-book compiled from about two years worth of writing by Eliezer Yudkowsky, founder of the research institute I work at. It's a pretty good introductory text for aspiring rationalists — with a few caveats. First of all, it's rather lengthly, clocking in at around 1800 pages. (It comes in six parts; treat it like six books — start with the first one, see how you like it.) Secondly, as Eliezer says in the foreward, the content used to generate this book is a little dated and far from perfect. Third, before I recommend the book, know that there's a fair bit of background knowledge that Eliezer assumes the reader already possesses. The next few blog posts will be a series of short remarks in which I try to make some of those background assumptions explicit (and say some things I wish I'd been told a long time ago). After that, I'll go back to writing my planned series on removing guilt & shame motivation. A brief note on "rationality." It's a common trope t

Rationality: AI to Zombies is an e-book compiled from about two years worth of writing by Eliezer Yudkowsky, founder of the research institute I work at. It's a pretty good introductory text for aspiring rationalists — with a few caveats. First of all, it's rather lengthly, clocking in at around 1800 pages. (It comes in six parts; treat it like six books — start with the first one, see how you like it.) Secondly, as Eliezer says in the foreward, the content used to generate this book is a little dated and far from perfect. Third, before I recommend the book, know that there's a fair bit of bac

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