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Jack Clark
Guest on The Ezra Klein Show
Products they talk about
A Wizard of Earthsea👍 Recommends
…Jack Clark recommending a fantasy novel as relevant to AI technology ethics
“the first book I read it's a book where magic comes from knowing the true name of things and it's also a meditation on hubris in this case of a person with thinking they can push magic very far”
on The Ezra Klein Show
The True Believer👍 Recommends
…recommending a book on mass movements and belief psychology for AI technologists
“Eric Hoffer the true believer which is a book on the nature of mass movements and the psychology of what causes people to have strong beliefs which I read because I think that we're AI technologists have strong beliefs and maybe part of a strong culture that includes the word cult and so you need to understand the science and psychology behind that”
on The Ezra Klein Show
There Is No Antimemetics Division👍 Recommends
…recommending a science fiction book about information hazards to AI risk researchers
“finally a book called there is no anti memetics division by a writer with the name QNTM which is about concepts that are in themselves information hazards where even thinking about them can be dangerous and I always recommend it to people working on AI risk as a book adjacent to the things they worry about”
on The Ezra Klein Show