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New York OB Meetup (ad-hoc) on Monday, Mar 24, @6pm

0Eliezer_Yudkowsky22 March 2008 09:07PM

Correction:  The giant Starbucks is at 13 Astor Place #25, not 51 Astor which is a smaller Starbucks.  (Yes, there are two Starbucks a block apart, here.)  The smaller Starbucks has metal steps and a ramp leading up; don't go here.  The giant Starbucks, which is where we want to go, is next to Lafayette and Astor.

I (Eliezer) am in New York at the moment, and will have some time free on Monday night, March 24th, to meet any interested New York Overcoming Bias readers.

Where:  The giant Starbucks at 13 Astor Place #25, New York, NY 10003
When:  6pm, this Monday (March 24th, 2008)
Who:  Eliezer Yudkowsky (866-983-597), Carl Shulman

If you plan on attending, please leave a comment, so we know to expect you.  If you're going to arrive later than 6pm, please note this as well.

I'll also be at Princeton on Sunday.  My time is already mostly spoken for, but if you're at Princeton and desperately want to meet up, comment or email before 7am tomorrow.

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    Allan_Benamer23 March 2008 12:12:01AM0 points [-]

    Hi, I'm a big fan of your blog. It's been extremely helpful to me professionally and I'd like to express my gratitude in person. Hope to see you there!

    Skorgu223 March 2008 02:41:25AM0 points [-]

    This sounds like fun, I'll definitely try to make it.

    michael_vassar323 March 2008 02:57:19AM0 points [-]

    I'll be there.

    Doug_S.23 March 2008 06:06:30AM0 points [-]

    I don't know if I can make it, but I'd like to be there... if I'm going, I'll post again.

    not_anonymous_tomorrow24 March 2008 12:41:24AM0 points [-]

    I'll try to come to this.

    sohaib_hasan24 March 2008 03:40:05AM0 points [-]

    Been reading your blog since the getgo and have been wishing for a long time that you would come to new york city one day. i will definitely try to make it there to express my gratitude. i'll give it a probability of 80% that i will come.

    carol24 March 2008 03:57:17AM0 points [-]

    I'd like to go. I may bring 1 guest. Regards Carol

    Daniel_Humphries24 March 2008 04:57:01AM0 points [-]

    I will be there!

    Nathan24 March 2008 03:05:20PM0 points [-]

    Hoping to come; might be a bit past 6.

    drewdrytellar24 March 2008 03:09:04PM0 points [-]

    I'll be there.

    brendon324 March 2008 03:36:32PM0 points [-]

    i'm another big, but non-contributing, fan of your blog. i don't get off work till 7, but i'll try to come after that to see if anyone's still around.

    shane_hope24 March 2008 07:14:42PM0 points [-]

    plan2appear

    Michael624 March 2008 07:55:19PM0 points [-]

    I'll be there, maybe not right at 6.

    Kevin_W24 March 2008 08:10:01PM0 points [-]

    Will be there.

    sharon-b24 March 2008 08:39:57PM0 points [-]

    I wish I had known about this meeting earlier - I do not know if I can make it. - cheers

    Tim_Czech24 March 2008 09:08:42PM0 points [-]

    I plan on being there about 6:15pm. I would be interested to here if anyone has any suggestions for a transhumanist-related dissertation topic for a PhD in philosophy.

    Josh_Kaufman24 March 2008 09:17:29PM0 points [-]

    I'll be there!

    DaveInNYC25 March 2008 02:12:20PM0 points [-]

    Eliezer - thanks for putting this together. I had a lot of fun; made me nostalgic for my college days when I would talk about things that actually kept my brain awake. Thanks also for the AI textbook suggestion; I have placed an order for it and will give MIT's (free) online undergrad class a shot.

    Richard425 March 2008 09:09:37PM0 points [-]

    Hi Eliezer - it was great meeting you on Sunday. I've tried to summarize and clarify some of our main philosophical disagreements, here.

    [I originally posted this to a thread that has since been deleted. So I thought I should re-post, in case you missed it.]

    Roland225 March 2008 09:24:03PM0 points [-]

    DaveInNYC: Thanks also for the AI textbook suggestion;

    Would you mind sharing which book it is? And which of MIT's (free) online undergrad classes are you refering to?

    Thanks, Roland

    DaveInNYC26 March 2008 02:09:05AM0 points [-]

    The book Eliezer suggested was Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach. The course I am going to take is offered here and here. The list of all courses is here. The course I am looking at is an undergrad one; I figure that will give me a good idea of where I want to go with AI, whether that be pursuing my Masters or some other route....

    Roland226 March 2008 07:44:31AM0 points [-]

    Thanks for your reply DaveInNYC. The book by Norvig is a classic, I was wondering if Eliezer had suggested something totally exotic...

    how_to_write_a_masters_dissertation24 February 2009 10:38:02AM0 points [-]

    Blogs are good for every one where we get lots of information for any topics nice job keep it up !!!

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