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eli_sennesh comments on Open Thread, May 25 - May 31, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: Gondolinian 25 May 2015 12:00AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 27 May 2015 06:51:54PM 3 points [-]

I finally finished reading Plato's Camera, and it was fairly good, for a philosophy book. In fact, it does quite a lot better than most ML/AGI books at talking about how a real mind can work. I'm thinking of fetching my highlights and notes off my Kindle to write a book review. Would that be helpful to anyone?

Comment author: Vaniver 27 May 2015 07:30:46PM *  5 points [-]

In general, I approve of book reviews of LWish content, and I have found the primary beneficiaries are people who wouldn't have come across that book otherwise (and thus aren't the sort of people who will say "yes, review that book!").

Comment author: [deleted] 28 May 2015 05:12:35PM 3 points [-]

Well, I took the step of dragging my Kindle Highlights and notes off my the actual hardware and into a text file where I can work with it. This will take a long time, as there's a fairly large amount of material.

Comment author: adamzerner 27 May 2015 07:22:04PM 2 points [-]

If you thought it was good, that's enough evidence for me to be interested in reading a review.