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He is a co-founder and research fellow of the [[Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence]] (SIAI).<ref name = "SiNnote">{{cite book|author=Kurzweil, Ray|title=The Singularity Is Near|publisher=Viking Penguin|location=New York, US|year=2005|isbn=0-670-03384-7|page=599|authorlink=Ray_Kurzweil}}</ref> Yudkowsky is the author of the SIAI publications "[http://www.singinst.org/upload/CFAI/index.html Creating Friendly AI]" (2001), "[http://www.singinst.org/upload/LOGI//LOGI.pdf Levels of Organization in General Intelligence]" (2002), "[http://singinst.org/upload/CEV.html Coherent Extrapolated Volition]" (2004), and "[http://singinst.org/upload/TDT-v01o.pdf Timeless Decision Theory]" (2010).<ref name = "afuture">{{cite web|url=http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/people/Eliezer-Yudkowsky/|title=Eliezer Yudkowsky Profile|publisher=Accelerating Future}}</ref>
He is a co-founder and research fellow of the [[Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence]] (SIAI).<ref name = "SiNnote">{{cite book|author=Kurzweil, Ray|title=The Singularity Is Near|publisher=Viking Penguin|location=New York, US|year=2005|isbn=0-670-03384-7|page=599|authorlink=Ray_Kurzweil}}</ref> Yudkowsky is the author of the SIAI publications "[http://www.singinst.org/upload/CFAI/index.html Creating Friendly AI]" (2001), "[http://www.singinst.org/upload/LOGI//LOGI.pdf Levels of Organization in General Intelligence]" (2002), "[http://singinst.org/upload/CEV.html Coherent Extrapolated Volition]" (2004), and "[http://singinst.org/upload/TDT-v01o.pdf Timeless Decision Theory]" (2010).<ref name = "afuture">{{cite web|url=http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/people/Eliezer-Yudkowsky/|title=Eliezer Yudkowsky Profile|publisher=Accelerating Future}}</ref>


Yudkowsky's research 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]], and [[Coherent Extrapolated Volition]] in particular).<ref name = "SiN1">{{cite book|author=Kurzweil, Ray|title=The Singularity Is Near|publisher=Viking Penguin|location=New York, US|year=2005|isbn=0-670-03384-7|page=420}}</ref> Apart from his research work, Yudkowsky has written explanations of various philosophical topics in non-academic language, particularly on rationality, such as [http://yudkowsky.net/rational/bayes "An Intuitive Explanation of Bayes' Theorem"]. In addition, Yudkowsky has written [http://yudkowsky.net/other/fiction several works] of [[science fiction]] and other [[fiction]]. His highly popular [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5782108/1/Harry_Potter_and_the_Methods_of_Rationality Harry Potter fan fiction] story, intended to illustrate several topics in [[cognitive science]] and [[rationality]]<ref>"''Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality'' isn’t primarily interested in teaching readers the “what” of science, even though it is liberally sprinkled with interesting facts about genetics, game theory, quantum mechanics, and psychology, among other things. Instead, as the title suggests, it’s about the “how” of science, conceived of not in the narrow sense of research in a laboratory, but in the broader sense of the process of figuring out how anything in the world works." http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2011/03/teaching_science_with_magic.html</ref>, 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>
Yudkowsky's research 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]], and [[Coherent Extrapolated Volition]] in particular).<ref name = "SiN1">{{cite book|author=Kurzweil, Ray|title=The Singularity Is Near|publisher=Viking Penguin|location=New York, US|year=2005|isbn=0-670-03384-7|page=420}}</ref> Apart from his research work, Yudkowsky has written explanations of various philosophical topics in non-academic language, particularly on rationality, such as [http://yudkowsky.net/rational/bayes "An Intuitive Explanation of Bayes' Theorem"].


He contributed two chapters to [[Oxford University|Oxford]] philosopher [[Nick Bostrom]]'s and Milan Ćirković's edited volume ''Global Catastrophic Risks''.<ref name = "bostrom">{{cite book|editor1-last=Bostrom|editor1-first=Nick|editor1-link=Nick_Bostrom|editor2-last=Ćirković|editor2-first=Milan M.|title=Global Catastrophic Risks|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford, UK|year=2008|isbn=978-0-19-857050-9|pages=91–119, 308–345}}</ref>
He contributed two chapters to [[Oxford University|Oxford]] philosopher [[Nick Bostrom]]'s and Milan Ćirković's edited volume ''Global Catastrophic Risks''.<ref name = "bostrom">{{cite book|editor1-last=Bostrom|editor1-first=Nick|editor1-link=Nick_Bostrom|editor2-last=Ćirković|editor2-first=Milan M.|title=Global Catastrophic Risks|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford, UK|year=2008|isbn=978-0-19-857050-9|pages=91–119, 308–345}}</ref>

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Eliezer Yudkowsky
Eliezer Yudkowsky at the 2006 Stanford Singularity Summit.
Born (1979-09-11) September 11, 1979 (age 44)
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipAmerican
Known forSeed AI, Friendly AI
Scientific career
FieldsArtificial intelligence
InstitutionsSingularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence

Eliezer Shlomo Yudkowsky (born September 11, 1979) is an American artificial intelligence researcher concerned with the Singularity and an advocate of Friendly artificial intelligence[1], living in Redwood City, California.[2]

Yudkowsky did not attend high school and is an autodidact with no formal education in artificial intelligence.[3] He does not operate within the academic system and has not authored any peer reviewed papers.

He is a co-founder and research fellow of the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence (SIAI).[4] Yudkowsky is the author of the SIAI publications "Creating Friendly AI" (2001), "Levels of Organization in General Intelligence" (2002), "Coherent Extrapolated Volition" (2004), and "Timeless Decision Theory" (2010).[5]

Yudkowsky's research 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, and Coherent Extrapolated Volition in particular).[6] Apart from his research work, Yudkowsky has written explanations of various philosophical topics in non-academic language, particularly on rationality, such as "An Intuitive Explanation of Bayes' Theorem".

He contributed two chapters to Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom's and Milan Ćirković's edited volume Global Catastrophic Risks.[7]

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".[8]

References

  1. ^ "Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence: Team". Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  2. ^ Eliezer Yudkowsky: About
  3. ^ "GDay World #238: Eliezer Yudkowsky". The Podcast Network. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  4. ^ Kurzweil, Ray (2005). The Singularity Is Near. New York, US: Viking Penguin. p. 599. ISBN 0-670-03384-7.
  5. ^ "Eliezer Yudkowsky Profile". Accelerating Future.
  6. ^ Kurzweil, Ray (2005). The Singularity Is Near. New York, US: Viking Penguin. p. 420. ISBN 0-670-03384-7.
  7. ^ Bostrom, Nick; Ćirković, Milan M., eds. (2008). Global Catastrophic Risks. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. pp. 91–119, 308–345. ISBN 978-0-19-857050-9.
  8. ^ "Overcoming Bias: About". Overcoming Bias. Retrieved 2009-07-26.

Further reading

  • 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.

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