Calvin comments on Please vote for a title for an upcoming book - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Alejandro1 20 November 2013 07:29:25PM 39 points [-]

The best title for me would have been the combination of two of the options: "Smarter Than Us: The Promise and Peril of Artificial Intelligence".

"Smarter than Us" is a more memorable and more descriptive title when mentioned on its own ("Our Fragile Future" looks like it could refer to global warming, nuclear war, or any other global risk). But the "Promise and Peril" subtitle conveys the focus on AI risk which is absent from "Rise of Machine Intelligence". The other two options are much worse IMO.

Comment author: Calvin 30 November 2013 01:23:39AM *  1 point [-]

I also liked "Smarter Than Us", it sounds a lot like an popular science book from airport store.

I don't like other titles as they seem to rely on a fearmongering too much.