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Comment author: polymathwannabe 31 March 2016 12:27:16PM *  17 points [-]

Big news for visibility: Sam Harris is preparing a book co-written with Eliezer (starting at minute 51 of podcast).

Comment author: username2 01 April 2016 10:03:53PM 0 points [-]

Personally I think that Eliezer Yudkowsky should find a different co-author since Sam Harris isn't related to AI or AGI in any way and I am not sure how much can he contribute.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 02 April 2016 05:56:20AM 8 points [-]

If the book was targeting AI researchers I would agree that Harris is a poor choice. On the other hand, if the goal is to reach a popular audience, you could do much worse than someone who is very well known in the mainstream media and has a proven track record of writing best selling books.

Comment author: drethelin 04 April 2016 02:33:12AM 1 point [-]

The friendliness problem isn't just about AGI but morality, which is something Harris studies.

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