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Fragile Purposes

Aug 24, 2017 by Eliezer Yudkowsky

This sequence abstracts from human cognition and evolution to the idea of minds and goal-directed systems at their most general. These essays serve the secondary purpose of explaining the author’s general approach to philosophy and the science of rationality, which is strongly informed by his work in AI.

114Belief in Intelligence
Eliezer Yudkowsky
17y
38
84Humans in Funny Suits
Eliezer Yudkowsky
17y
133
64Optimization and the Intelligence Explosion
Eliezer Yudkowsky
10y
2
68Ghosts in the Machine
Eliezer Yudkowsky
17y
30
93Artificial Addition
Eliezer Yudkowsky
18y
128
117Terminal Values and Instrumental Values
Eliezer Yudkowsky
18y
46
58Leaky Generalizations
Eliezer Yudkowsky
18y
31
180The Hidden Complexity of Wishes
Eliezer Yudkowsky
18y
199
83Anthropomorphic Optimism
Eliezer Yudkowsky
17y
60
187Lost Purposes
Eliezer Yudkowsky
18y
79