“Eliezer and I wrote a book: If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” by So8res
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Eliezer and I wrote a book. It's titled If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies. Unlike a lot of other writing either of us have done, it's being professionally published. It's hitting shelves on September 16th.
It's a concise (~60k word) book aimed at a broad audience. It's been well-received by people who received advance copies, with some endorsements including:
The most important book I've read for years: I want to bring it to every political and corporate leader in the world and stand over them until they've read it. Yudkowsky and Soares, who have studied AI and its possible trajectories for decades, sound a loud trumpet call to humanity to awaken us as we sleepwalk into disaster.
- Stephen Fry, actor, broadcaster, and writer
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies may prove to be the most important book of our time. Yudkowsky and Soares believe [...]
The original text contained 1 footnote which was omitted from this narration.
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May 14th, 2025
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https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/iNsy7MsbodCyNTwKs/eliezer-and-i-wrote-a-book-if-anyone-builds-it-everyone-dies
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It's a concise (~60k word) book aimed at a broad audience. It's been well-received by people who received advance copies, with some endorsements including:
The most important book I've read for years: I want to bring it to every political and corporate leader in the world and stand over them until they've read it. Yudkowsky and Soares, who have studied AI and its possible trajectories for decades, sound a loud trumpet call to humanity to awaken us as we sleepwalk into disaster.
- Stephen Fry, actor, broadcaster, and writer
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies may prove to be the most important book of our time. Yudkowsky and Soares believe [...]
The original text contained 1 footnote which was omitted from this narration.
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First published:
May 14th, 2025
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/iNsy7MsbodCyNTwKs/eliezer-and-i-wrote-a-book-if-anyone-builds-it-everyone-dies
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
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