German Torontonian. Universally curious. Fedizen since 2018.
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I could not finish beyond about 20% as the writing was an unending parade of cliches and so uninspired that for a moment I wondered if it's actually produced by an AI.
I could not finish beyond about 20% as the writing was an unending parade of cliches and so uninspired that for a moment I wondered if it's actually produced by an AI.
This book is apparently much beloved and tells anecdotes from Hemingway's time in Paris. My challenge was that I found them mostly boring and somewhat random. For Hemingway aficionados this is surely a blast, for me it was a drag.
This book is apparently much beloved and tells anecdotes from Hemingway's time in Paris. My challenge was that I found them mostly boring and somewhat random. For Hemingway aficionados this is surely a blast, for me it was a drag.
Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction
From the master of the literary supernatural and author …
Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction
From the master of …
100 pages in I still don‘t care for the shory or the writer‘s choice of style. This is simply not for me.
Transplanted to Toronto from his native Baffin Island, Atuk the poet is an unlikely overnight …
It's w satire from another time but current enough for many jokes to still bite and many cliches to be still recognizable. I had fun reading this book and was completely taken by surprise by the ending.
It's w satire from another time but current enough for many jokes to still bite and many cliches to be still recognizable. I had fun reading this book and was completely taken by surprise by the ending.
How do we think about money?What caused bankers to lose sight of the economy?What caused …
I found this book deeply fascinating but about 30% too long. That said, it was a lot of fun to dive into the various experiments and to learn how we consistently fall into traps placed by our own psychology.
Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is notable …
I wanted to read this book to see why it is regarded as such a classic. Now I know. Nabokov is truly a master of language, this book‘s prose is truly amazing. However, I could not stand being in the main character‘s head, and so I stopped reading after 50 pages.
What does it mean to “be you”—that is, to have a specific, conscious experience of …
Anil Seth takes us on a journey through the philosophy and science of consciousness. At some point I stopped counting how many new ideas and fresh perspectives he introduced. This book chamged how I think about the world and that says something…
An intimate, revealing memoir from one of the most important activists of our time.
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I learned a lot about Chelsea‘s transition and some of the events that made her famous. However, I could not claim that this book got me any closer to events or person.
This book is incredibly well written but it makes me sad. It is about two sisters and their battle with manic depression which haunts one of them. The prose is beautiful, the story is gripping, the book is short but incredibly deep at the same time.
AI is the greatest threat to our existence that we have ever faced.
The …
I hold a MSc in Artificial Intelligence and work with software developers in a company that arguably leads the movement towards AGI. I‘m surrounded by techno optimists with awe and deep appreciation for the possibilities but at the same time most people I know in the industry and beyond are worried. That includes me. When I got this book I almost expected the title to be hyperbole to catch attention but you would be mistaken to assume that. Instead Eliezer and Nate lay out in easy to follow language their arguments why the pursuit of Artificial General Intelligence will very likely equate a massive and deadly disaster. Now, if you feel intuitively like dismissing this thought as „doomerism“ - please make a point of reading and then showing where the arguments don‘t hold. I follow the space for years now and Ireally would like to read a convincing case why …
I hold a MSc in Artificial Intelligence and work with software developers in a company that arguably leads the movement towards AGI. I‘m surrounded by techno optimists with awe and deep appreciation for the possibilities but at the same time most people I know in the industry and beyond are worried. That includes me. When I got this book I almost expected the title to be hyperbole to catch attention but you would be mistaken to assume that. Instead Eliezer and Nate lay out in easy to follow language their arguments why the pursuit of Artificial General Intelligence will very likely equate a massive and deadly disaster. Now, if you feel intuitively like dismissing this thought as „doomerism“ - please make a point of reading and then showing where the arguments don‘t hold. I follow the space for years now and Ireally would like to read a convincing case why they are wrong.
All Systems Red is a 2017 science fiction novella by American author Martha Wells. The …
A bored robot optimized for killing hacks itself out of boredom which enables it to save a team of humans out of sympathy... This was a fun and very short read.
This book plays in Quebec city and follows three plot lines simultaneously which made it initially a bit confusing and hard to get into. However, once I found my way into the book it was gripping and a fun read which also taught me a lot about Quebec history. So far this is my favorite Book in the series.
This book plays in Quebec city and follows three plot lines simultaneously which made it initially a bit confusing and hard to get into. However, once I found my way into the book it was gripping and a fun read which also taught me a lot about Quebec history. So far this is my favorite Book in the series.
Moving to Canada made it painfully obvious how little I actually know about the history of this continent and of the people living here. This book was a recommended to me as a primer on the complex history of the relationship between first nations, native Americans, and everyone else living on this continent. Man, I had no idea! Thomas King manages to write about the many aspects one should be aware of in an engaging and eye opening way. This book was a troubling but also very engaging read and I definitely learned a lot from it.
Moving to Canada made it painfully obvious how little I actually know about the history of this continent and of the people living here. This book was a recommended to me as a primer on the complex history of the relationship between first nations, native Americans, and everyone else living on this continent. Man, I had no idea! Thomas King manages to write about the many aspects one should be aware of in an engaging and eye opening way. This book was a troubling but also very engaging read and I definitely learned a lot from it.
An intimate portrait of two men who cherish the slim bond between them and the …
I was surprised how short this book was and it had me from the first page. The story is straight forward and it does not take long to see the end coming. What I didn't expect was the tears I had in my eyes in the end.
I was surprised how short this book was and it had me from the first page. The story is straight forward and it does not take long to see the end coming. What I didn't expect was the tears I had in my eyes in the end.