Inspired by Eliezer's response to Maxwell_IV's question What's your advice for Less Wrong readers who want to help save the human race? I would like to find out whether I have the potential to help Singinst. I thought the first step to this would be reading the books Creating Friendly AI and General Intelligence and Seed AI, before getting myself up to date with the current research. (I suppose that I should read Judea Pearl - Causality at some point as well).

• Is this a reasonable path?
• Any suggestions for an improved program/better test?
• Is it a bad sign if I'm being put off by the extended zen-like discussion of "threeness" in GISAI

Tsuyoku Naritai!