Epstein Secrets

(with Brian Christian) of Algorithms to Live By. W. Daniel “Danny” Hillis is an inventor, entrepreneu

nvitation of some Google engineers. The occasion was the sixtieth anniversary of John von Neumann's proposal for a digital computer. After the visit, George wrote an essay, “Turing’s Cathedral,” which, for the first time, alerted the public about what Google 's founders had in store for the world. “We are

, because while the human knows the reward function, the robot doesn’t—even though the robot’s job is to maximize it. A simple example: Suppose that Harriet, the human, likes to collect paper clips and staples and her reward function depends on how many of each she has. More precisely, if she has p paper

nvitation of some Google engineers. The occasion was the sixtieth anniversary of John von Neumann's proposal for a digital computer. After the visit, George wrote an essay, “Turing’s Cathedral,” which, for the first time, alerted the public about what Google 's founders had in store for the world. “We are

(with Brian Christian) of Algorithms to Live By. W. Daniel “Danny” Hillis is an inventor, entrepreneu

, because while the human knows the reward function, the robot doesn’t—even though the robot’s job is to maximize it. A simple example: Suppose that Harriet, the human, likes to collect paper clips and staples and her reward function depends on how many of each she has. More precisely, if she has p paper

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