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Sam Harris recommended Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies in Books (curated)

 
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Nick Bostrom | 2016 | Computing & IT
(0 Ratings)
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""The clearest book I’ve come across that makes the case that the so-called ‘control problem’ — the problem of building human-level and beyond artificial intelligence that we can control, that we can know in advance will converge with our interests — is a truly difficult and important task, because we will end up building this stuff by happenstance if we simply keep going in the direction we’re headed. Unless we can solve this problem in advance and have good reason to believe that the machines we are building are benign and their behavior predictable — even when they exceed us in intelligence a thousand-, a million-, or a billion-fold — this is going to be a catastrophic intrusion into our lives that we may not survive.""

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Tom Turner (388 KP) rated The Rogue (Traitor Spy Trilogy, #2) in Books

Apr 30, 2021  
The Rogue (Traitor Spy Trilogy, #2)
The Rogue (Traitor Spy Trilogy, #2)
Trudi Canavan | 2011
8
8.0 (2 Ratings)
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The paving issues from the previous book where definitely less evident here. Really enjoying the plot, though, I did find Dannyl's story dragging a bit, but having learnt Canavan's habit of pulling loose threads together, I am guessing this will all make sense by the end of the last book. She still has a tendency to not develop the affection between people will, so some (though not all) romantic interests seem to come out of nowhere, though I wouldn't exactly call it instalove, it does border on it at times.

Still a very enjoyable read, and I'm both looking forward to finishing the whole story, as well as wanting to put it off because I don't want it to end.
  
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Ryan Phillippe recommended Fargo (1996) in Movies (curated)

 
Fargo (1996)
Fargo (1996)
1996 | Drama, Mystery
8.2 (25 Ratings)
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"I have to go with a Coen brothers movie, because they are my inspiration as producers, filmmakers — I want to direct soon. Again, I think that Fargo is a nearly perfect film. Visually, comedically; it manages to be tense, and it’s smart. I love the fact that it’s based on somewhat of a true story — I think that’s kind of where my interests lie, the idea of doing a true crime story that’s darkly comedic; that’s something that really appeals to me. I could name several of their films, but Fargo is the one that just… I always think about that shot in the parking lot in the snow, when he’s just trying to scrape the window off and he just loses his mind. [laughs]"

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated The Virgin Romance Novelist (The Virgin Romance Novelist, #1) in Books

Jan 11, 2021  
The Virgin Romance Novelist (The Virgin Romance Novelist, #1)
The Virgin Romance Novelist (The Virgin Romance Novelist, #1)
Meghan Quinn | 2015
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Yay!

This is the second book today to make me cry. They were really pushing it at the end there and I was starting to panic, thinking I'd be staying up even longer (currently 2am) to buy and start reading the second book in this series just to see what happened with Rosie and her love interest but it all worked out in the end so yay!

Some of this book had me laughing, some of it had me cringing. Some of it, mainly where Rosie was oblivious to her love interests' interest in her, had me screaming at my kindle. I mean, come on!, how oblivious can you be?

Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to reading The Randy Romance Novelist soon.