Eliezer Shlomo Yudkowsky (born September 11, 1979) is an American decision and artificial intelligence (AI) theorist and writer, best known for popularizing the idea of friendly artificial intelligence. He is a co-founder and research fellow at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), a private research nonprofit based in Berkeley, California. His work on the prospect of a runaway intelligence explosion was an influence on Nick Bostrom's Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies.
Eliezer Yudkowsky
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- Sept. 11, 1979
