Eliezer Yudkowsky

American AI researcher and writer (born 1979)
Person human Q704195
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Summary

Eliezer Yudkowsky is a human[1]. Born in Chicago[2], he… he was born on September 11, 1979[3]. He worked as an artificial intelligence researcher[4], blogger[5], writer[6], and computer scientist[7]. He ranks in the top 0.58% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,927 views/month, #5,825 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • Eliezer Yudkowsky's place of birth was Chicago[2].
  • Eliezer Yudkowsky was born on September 11, 1979[3].
  • Eliezer Yudkowsky held citizenship in United States[9].
  • Eliezer Yudkowsky worked as an artificial intelligence researcher[4].
  • Eliezer Yudkowsky worked as a blogger[5].
  • Eliezer Yudkowsky's professions included writer[6].
  • Eliezer Yudkowsky's professions included computer scientist[7].
  • Eliezer Yudkowsky's field of work was artificial intelligence[10].
  • Eliezer Yudkowsky's field of work was friendly artificial intelligence[11].
  • Eliezer Yudkowsky's field of work was decision theory[12].
  • Eliezer Yudkowsky's field of work was transhumanism[13].
  • Eliezer Yudkowsky's field of work was informatics[14].
  • Among Eliezer Yudkowsky's employers was Machine Intelligence Research Institute[15].
  • A notable work attributed to Eliezer Yudkowsky is Less Wrong[16].
  • A notable work attributed to Eliezer Yudkowsky is Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality[17].
  • Eliezer Yudkowsky's religion is recorded as atheism[18].
  • Eliezer Yudkowsky was influenced by Edwin Thompson Jaynes[19].
  • Eliezer Yudkowsky was influenced by Judea Pearl[20].
  • Eliezer Yudkowsky is recorded as male[21].
  • Eliezer Yudkowsky's instance of is recorded as human[22].
  • Eliezer Yudkowsky is associated with the effective altruism movement[23].
  • Eliezer Yudkowsky's Commons category is recorded as Eliezer Yudkowsky[24].
  • Eliezer Yudkowsky's website account on is recorded as Less Wrong[25].
  • Eliezer Yudkowsky's given name is recorded as Eliezer[26].
  • Eliezer Yudkowsky's given name is recorded as Shlomo[27].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[28]

  • Country: US[29]

  • Began / founded: 1979-09-11[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: fa8adffb-999b-4571-be96-dc6d3179ee90[31]

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Origins and Family

Born in Chicago[2], Eliezer Yudkowsky… he was born on September 11, 1979[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include artificial intelligence researcher[4], blogger[5], writer[6], and computer scientist[7]. Fields of work include artificial intelligence[10], a type of technology[32]; friendly artificial intelligence[11]; decision theory[12], an academic discipline[33]; transhumanism[13], a cultural movement[34], founded in 1980[35]; and informatics[14], an academic major[36], founded in 1957[37]. Among Eliezer Yudkowsky's employers was Machine Intelligence Research Institute[15].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include Less Wrong[16], a group blog[38], founded in 2009[39] and Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality[17], a literary work[40], founded in 2010[41].

Personal Life

Eliezer Yudkowsky's religion is recorded as atheism[18].

Why It Matters

Eliezer Yudkowsky ranks in the top 0.58% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,927 views/month, #5,825 of 1,000,298).[8] He has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] He is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Works attributed to him include Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality[44], a literary work[45], founded in 2010[46].

FAQs

Where was Eliezer Yudkowsky born?

Eliezer Yudkowsky was born in Chicago[2].

What did Eliezer Yudkowsky do for work?

Eliezer Yudkowsky worked as artificial intelligence researcher[4], blogger[5], writer[6], and computer scientist[7].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . lesswrong.com. lesswrong.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [25] ↑ . lesswrong.com. Retrieved . lesswrong.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [3] ↑ . NNDB. Retrieved . nndb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [8] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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