Rationality: From AI to Zombies
What does it actually mean to be rational? The kind of rationality where you make good decisions, even when it's hard; where you reason well, even in the face of massive uncertainty; where you recognize and make full use of your fuzzy intuitions and emotions, rather than trying to discard them. In Rationality: From AI to Zombies, Eliezer Yudkowsky explains the science underlying human irrationality with a mix of fables, argumentative essays, and personal vignettes. These eye-opening accounts of how the mind works (and how, all too often, it doesn't) are then put to the test through some genuinely difficult puzzles: questions in computer science about the future of artificial intelligence (AI), questions in physics about the relationship between the quantum and classical worlds, questions in philosophy about the metaphysics of zombies and the nature of morality, and many more.
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Fake Optimization Criteria
The Tragedy of Group Selectionism
Evolving to Extinction
No Evolutions for Corporations or Nanodevices
Evolutions are Stupid (But Work Anyway)
The Wonder of Evolution
An Alien God
Interlude: The Power of Intelligence
Minds: An Introduction
The Ritual
Crisis Of Faith
Leave a Line of Retreat
No One Can Exempt Your From Rationality's Laws
The Meditation On Curiosity
You Can Face Reality
The Proper Use Of Doubt
Just Lose Hope Already
The Crackpot Offer
The Importance Of Saying "Oops"