Eliezer Yudkowsky: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
(Removed references to his fiction writing for being non notable)
(er, something doesn't have to pass WP:N just to be mentioned in an article, and that's obviously silly - an author will have all of his works listed, even if some never got reviewed. but if you want refs, here you go...)
Line 32: Line 32:
   
 
Yudkowsky was, along with [[Robin Hanson]], one of the principal contributors to the blog ''[http://robinhanson.typepad.com/overcomingbias/welcome.html Overcoming Bias]'' sponsored by the [[Future of Humanity Institute]] of [[Oxford University]]. In early 2009, he helped to found ''[http://lesswrong.com/ Less Wrong]'', a "community blog devoted to refining the art of human rationality". ''Overcoming Bias'' subsequently became [http://overcomingbias.com Hanson's personal blog].<ref name="OB">{{cite web|url=http://www.overcomingbias.com/about|title=Overcoming Bias: About|publisher=Overcoming Bias|accessdate = 2009-07-26}}</ref>
  
Yudkowsky was, along with [[Robin Hanson]], one of the principal contributors to the blog ''[http://robinhanson.typepad.com/overcomingbias/welcome.html Overcoming Bias]'' sponsored by the [[Future of Humanity Institute]] of [[Oxford University]]. In early 2009, he helped to found ''[http://lesswrong.com/ Less Wrong]'', a "community blog devoted to refining the art of human rationality". ''Overcoming Bias'' subsequently became [http://overcomingbias.com Hanson's personal blog].<ref name="OB">{{cite web|url=http://www.overcomingbias.com/about|title=Overcoming Bias: About|publisher=Overcoming Bias|accessdate = 2009-07-26}}</ref>
  +
  +
He has written [http://yudkowsky.net/other/fiction several works] of [[science fiction]] and other [[fiction]], and a [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5782108/1/Harry_Potter_and_the_Methods_of_Rationality Harry Potter parody] intended to illustrate several topics in [[cognitive science]] and [[rationality]]; it has been favorably reviewed by SF author [[David Brin]]<ref>http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2010/06/secret-of-college-life-plus.html</ref> and FLOSS programmer [[Eric S. Raymond]]<ref>http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=2100</ref>.
   
 
[[Image:AubreyDeGreyAndEliezerYudkowsky.png|right|thumb|240px|Yudkowsky interviewing [[Aubrey de Grey]] on [[Bloggingheads.tv]].<ref>http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/16508</ref>]]
  
[[Image:AubreyDeGreyAndEliezerYudkowsky.png|right|thumb|240px|Yudkowsky interviewing [[Aubrey de Grey]] on [[Bloggingheads.tv]].<ref>http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/16508</ref>]]

Revision as of 04:07, 13 July 2010

Eliezer Yudkowsky
Eliezer Yudkowsky, Stanford 2006 (square crop).jpg
Eliezer Yudkowsky at the 2006 Stanford Singularity Summit.
Born (1979-09-11) September 11, 1979 (age 37)
Citizenship American
Nationality American
Fields Artificial intelligence
Institutions Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Known for Seed AI, Friendly AI
Influences Judea Pearl, Vernor Vinge, E.T. Jaynes

Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (born September 11, 1979) is an American artificial intelligence researcher and science fiction author concerned with the Singularity, and an advocate of Friendly Artificial Intelligence.[1]

Yudkowsky is a co-founder and research fellow of the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence (SIAI).[2] Yudkowsky is the author of the SIAI publications "Creating Friendly AI" (2001) and "Levels of Organization in General Intelligence" (2002).[3] His most recent academic contributions include two chapters in Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom's edited volume Global Catastrophic Risks.[4][5][6] Yudkowsky did not attend high school and is an autodidact with no formal education in artificial intelligence.[7]

Yudkowsky's research work focuses on Artificial Intelligence designs which enable self-understanding, self-modification, and recursive self-improvement (seed AI); and also on artificial-intelligence architectures for stably benevolent motivational structures (Friendly AI).[8] Apart from his research work, Yudkowsky is notable for his explanations of technical subjects in non-academic language, particularly on rationality, such as "An Intuitive Explanation of Bayesian Reasoning".

Yudkowsky was, along with Robin Hanson, one of the principal contributors to the blog Overcoming Bias sponsored by the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. In early 2009, he helped to found Less Wrong, a "community blog devoted to refining the art of human rationality". Overcoming Bias subsequently became Hanson's personal blog.[9]

He has written several works of science fiction and other fiction, and a Harry Potter parody intended to illustrate several topics in cognitive science and rationality; it has been favorably reviewed by SF author David Brin[10] and FLOSS programmer Eric S. Raymond[11].

Yudkowsky interviewing Aubrey de Grey on Bloggingheads.tv.[12]

References

  • Our Molecular Future: How Nanotechnology, Robotics, Genetics and Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Our World by Douglas Mulhall, 2002, p. 321.
  • The Spike: How Our Lives Are Being Transformed By Rapidly Advancing Technologies by Damien Broderick, 2001, pp. 236, 265-272, 289, 321, 324, 326, 337-339, 345, 353, 370.

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence: Team". Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence. Retrieved 2009-07-16. 
  2. ^ Kurzweil, Ray (2005). The Singularity Is Near. New York, US: Viking Penguin. p. 599. ISBN 0-670-03384-7. 
  3. ^ "Eliezer Yudkowsky Profile". Accelerating Future. 
  4. ^ "Artificial Intelligence as a Positive and Negative Factor in Global Risk" (PDF). Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence. Retrieved 2009-07-28. 
  5. ^ "Cognitive Biases Potentially Affecting Judgement of Global Risks" (PDF). Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence. 
  6. ^ Bostrom, Nick, ed. (2008). Global Catastrophic Risks. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. pp. 91–119, 308–345. ISBN 978-0-19-857050-9. 
  7. ^ "GDay World #238: Eliezer Yudkowsky". The Podcast Network. Retrieved 2009-07-26. 
  8. ^ Kurzweil, Ray (2005). The Singularity Is Near. New York, US: Viking Penguin. p. 420. ISBN 0-670-03384-7. 
  9. ^ "Overcoming Bias: About". Overcoming Bias. Retrieved 2009-07-26. 
  10. ^ http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2010/06/secret-of-college-life-plus.html
  11. ^ http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=2100
  12. ^ http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/16508

External links

Template:Persondata

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eliezer_Yudkowsky&oldid=373199598"