Eliezer Shlomo Yudkowsky (born September 11, 1979[citation needed]) is an American blogger, writer, and advocate for friendly artificial intelligence. Read full biography of Eliezer Yudkowsky →
When something is universal enough in our everyday lives, we take it for granted to the point of forgetting it exists.
If I could create a world where people lived forever, or at the very least a few billion years, I would do so. I don't think humanity will always... →
I want to carry in my heart forever the key word of the Olympics - 'passion.'
My successes already accomplished have mostly been taking existing science and getting people to apply it in their everyday lives.
Though I have friends aplenty in academia, I don't operate within the academic system myself.
We tend to see individual differences instead of human universals. Thus, when someone says the word 'intelligence,' we think of Einstein... →
I keep trying to explain to people that the archetype of intelligence is not Dustin Hoffman in 'The Rain Man;' it is a human being, period.... →
Textbook science is beautiful! Textbook science is comprehensible, unlike mere fascinating words that can never be truly beautiful. Elementary... →
Transhumanists are not fond of death. We would stop it if we could. To this end, we support research that holds out hope of a future in which... →
The obvious choice isn't always the best choice, but sometimes, by golly, it is. I don't stop looking as soon I find an obvious answer, but... →
Eliezer Shlomo Yudkowsky (born September 11, 1979[citation needed]) is an American blogger, writer, and advocate for friendly artificial intelligence.