Eliezer Yudkowsky

The scramble to create superhuman AI has put us on the path to extinction—but it’s not too late to change course, as two of the field’s earliest researchers explain in this clarion call for humanity.

The scramble to create superhuman AI has put us on the path to extinction – but it's not too late to change course. Companies and countries are in a race to build machines that will be smarter than any person, and the world is devastatingly unprepared for what will come next.

Inadequate Equilibria is a guidebook for anyone questioning when and how they can know better, and do better, than the status quo. Mixing debates on rational decision-making with tips for everyday life, Eliezer Yudkowsky explores when we can expect to spot systemic inefficiencies and exploit them.

Eliezer Yudkowsky explains the science underlying human irrationality with a mix of fables, argumentative essays, and personal vignettes....