Written by an AI researcher, the book explores HP as if he was a very rational and intelligent agent, rather than someone who immediately accepts all aspects of magic.
It’s not just interesting, but includes real theories of rationality that made me consider how I immediately accept many things myself.
Give this book 5 minutes of time at [0] where it is released. It's a great story and drives home a lot of points about cognitive biases. I found out about this book here on HN when it was being released as a web serial. I had never read any Harry Potter books before this but I immediately got sucked in. One of my favorite books.
Elizier Yudkowsky is just a really good author. can’t speak for HPMOR, but i love his other series, The Sequences, which per my understanding communicates the same ideas via more succinct, nonfiction writing.
Written by an AI researcher, the book explores HP as if he was a very rational and intelligent agent, rather than someone who immediately accepts all aspects of magic.
It’s not just interesting, but includes real theories of rationality that made me consider how I immediately accept many things myself.