My name is Eliezer Yudkowsky, and I think this book is *awesome*.

sgrove · on April 18, 2009

I love this book as well, and I make sure to read it over regularly to spark different ideas - but it's expensive. Buying it was a bitterweet experience, to say the least.

Owell, it's at least the best you're likely to find.

vang3lis · on April 18, 2009

My name is vang3lis and I'm an alcoholic. So what?

zandorg · on April 18, 2009

I know Elizier's name from Novamente, which is no small achievement.

vang3lis · on April 18, 2009

Don't get me wrong, I like Elizier's posts on Overcoming Bias, but I disapprove of name calling when doing one sentence book reviews

zandorg · on April 18, 2009

Ah! In that case...

"Denny Crane!"

zandorg · on April 19, 2009

I want to clarify that this is a reference to the TV show Boston Legal, where William Shatner's named partner in a law firm, says his own name frequently, as if to say 'I'm Denny Crane and I'm the best'.

mahmud · on April 18, 2009

It bored me to tears. The "agent" orientation of the book does not address my needs for AI: data mining and inference. Norvig's companion Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence was a bliss however :-)