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“The AGI Chronicles” by PeterMcCluskey
Book Review: The AGI Chronicles: The Inside Story of the Race to Create an Artificial Superintelligence, by Kevin Roose.
This is a story of AI as seen through the eyes of the people who are creating it.
My first impression of Roose was of his famous conversation with Sydney. I guessed that he got Sydney to say outrageous things because he wanted a sensational story. But I kept hearing occasional hints, from people who took AI seriously, that Roose was more responsible than that. So I reluctantly bought the book.
The hints were correct. The full story behind that conversation seems better…
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