This was an enjoyable listen. Santa and an Elf meet at a gig and it goes from there! I really enjoyed the epilogue were revenge was served cold!
Enjoyable listen
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I appreciated that this wasn’t all fluff and holiday cheer. There were some serious topics covered, I just wish that there had been a little more time spent on the growth through these serious topics. A lot of them felt swept under the rug with a simple apology (like Rick and the trash bag?) but..
Concern well taken, but arguments far from convincing
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I am most worried about the structural problems to society from Ai (e.g. unemployment, loss of meaning, etc), but I am also sympathetic to concerns about the extinction threat. However, I find the arguments in this book wholly unconvincing. I agree with the “this could happen”, and I’m not seeing the leap to “this definitely..
I immensely enjoyed this wonderful story, and I am not sure how, but it is my first book by C.F. White, and she is now on my radar, so it won’t be my last. I adored the two lead characters, Rick Thornton, a down-on-his luck out of work actor, and a bona fide grump, through..
Just because you can touch the sun doesn’t mean you should.
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Nails the point of just because we can make a super intelligence doesn’t mean we will understand it at all.
I have over 600 book in my audible collection, but this is by far the most important one I’ve ever gone through. The more people who read/listen to it, the more likely it is that humanity will survive.
“If Anyone Builds It everyone dies ” delivers a stark warning about the dangers of unchecked superintelligent AI. While the author discusses various parallels, I can’t help but draw on my own heritage as a Native American. Our history serves as a powerful reminder: the original inhabitants of America welcomed newcomers, only to face devastation..
Vital message on humanity’s greatest challenge currently
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Extremely well reasoned exploration of the obvious existential risk we are rushing into at breakneck speed
A flimsy hypothesis supported with hyperbolic statements strung together. A meandering story with very little connective tissue. I really hoped this book would be enlightening but instead it’s cheap imitation of scholarly work.
Drags on and rambles about theory of the why or thought of it. Just too much for me to stay listening made it almost half way