Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control by Stuart Russell, 2019
A leading artificial intelligence researcher lays out a new approach to AI that will enable us to coexist successfully with increasingly intelligent machines.
#BOTD Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes, award-winning author of ghost & horror stories. The ‘King of Chill’ authored 10 novels & over 35 collections. He was known for finding fresh takes on established tropes. His work appeared on screen in the films The Monster Club & From Beyond the Grave. #books#horror#ghosts
American writer Randolph Silliman Bourne was born #OTD in 1886.
Bourne's career was marked by his prolific writing and his engagement with contemporary social and political issues. His essays and articles were published in influential magazines like The Atlantic Monthly, The New Republic, and The Dial. His incisive critique of World War I and his vision of a pluralistic America have left a lasting impact on American thought and cultural studies.
French geographer and historian André Duchesne died #OTD in 1640.
He is often regarded as the father of French history due to his extensive and methodical research into the history of France and its nobility. He is noted for his systematic approach to historical research, emphasizing the importance of primary sources and critical analysis. His work often involved the collection and publication of historical documents, charters, and records.
American poet and dramatist Josephine Preston Peabody was born #OTD in 1874.
Peabody's literary career began early, with her first poems published while she was still a teenager. Over her career, she produced several volumes of poetry and a number of plays, many of which were performed on stage. Her notable works are: "The Wayfarers", "The Singing Man", "The Piper" , "Harvest Moon".
French writer & philosopher François-Marie Arouet died #OTD in 1778.
Voltaire left his mark on his era through his literary output and political commitments. His influence on the educated classes was considerable in the decades preceding the French Revolution & in the early 19th century, but diminished thereafter with the triumph of Rousseauist philosophy & the development of pre-Romanticism.
#wordweavers 30/5: Are you comfortable writing from the POV of a child? Written any?
I haven’t published anything with POV younger than about 19, but I have unpublished work that takes in considerably younger characters. One who is about ten, for example. It doesn’t feel too hard. I used to be ten, after all.
The risk, I think, is making the character too ‘childish’, not too grown up. #writingCommunity#ThreeKindsofNorth#TheSunderingWall#VowsAndWatersheds#writing#books
looking for horror book recommendations, ideally from women and/or queer authors. starting by listing every horror book and deleting everything on any r/horrorlit recommendation thread because holy fuck how is anyone still stuck on Stephen King in 2024.
okay but seriously though. i don't know what's out there because i've been reading mostly short web fiction for a year. the last few formal horror books i've read were:
gonna throw out some keywords and generalities: i'm about to read https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58830202-from-below. i vibe with Empty Spaces, some Cthulhu Mythos stuff, i love the sci-fi horror in the Southern Reach trilogy and Roadside Picnic and The Descent and pretty much everything by Peter Watts. i like Seanan McGuire and i liked the one book i've read by Seanan McGuire as Mira Grant (but it was the magical girl one so idk how much it applies to her actual horror stuff). i've read Ada Hoffmann but i only liked the first one. i think China Miéville is pretty good and Clive Barker is kinda mid. i think anything as trope-frozen as vampires and werewolves and ghosts is for children and yes i realize i said i liked Mythos stuff earlier. anything marketed as a "thriller" or "psychological horror" i will probably hate.
A FORMER CHILD INFLUENCER comes to terms with how the exploitation of her image changed her life. More than just a “problem novel,” this thoughtful book deftly takes on issues of family trauma, love, friendship, racial and national identity. A MINUS
https://www.booksns.com/62639/ Book borrowed from Finnish library in 1939 returned 84 years late #books Book borrowed from Finnish library in 1939 returned 84 years late by Pyro-Bird …
Still reading The Tyrant Baru Cormoran. This stuff is dense and rich, and takes time to digest. Also, only so much of certain types of body horror I can take in one go. So while I usually read a book in one or two days, this one's taking me a lot longer, started on the 20th and I'm about 4/5 done. Needless to say, I think it's a great book.
@mrcompletely I read Shadow Speaker thanks to your recommending it to someone on here. Great selection. I enjoyed it and it was not something I would have known about / picked up without your endorsement. #Books
I've never been able to get into Stoicism, but I still like reading about different philosophies. However, I also know that that is one where a lot of popular works deviate badly from the original.
So, a question: are Ryan Holiday's books solid/accurate? Are they in line with ancient Stoic philosophy? Are they a purely modern interpretation? Are they worth reading for growing my non-expert knowledge (in a positive, not just critiquing, way)?
@aehdeschaine@bookstodon The commercialism of Holiday's various Stoicism-related projects is also a turn-off for me. I have always felt that he doesn't do much write books to teach people about Stoicism as he teaches people a Stoicism to sell books. #stoicsm#books#philosophy#reading#stoicAuthors