Aryeh Hillman abhillman

So You Want To Be A Seed AI Programmer

Written by Eliezer Yudkowsky

The First Thing to Remember

Not everyone needs to be a seed AI programmer. SIAI will probably need at least 20 regular donors per working programmer, perhaps more. There is nothing wrong with being one of those donors. It is just as necessary.

Please bear this in mind. Sometimes it seems like everyone wants to be a seed AI programmer; and that, of course, is simply not going to work. Too many would-be cooks, not enough ingredients. You may not be able to become a seed AI programmer. In fact it is extremely likely that you can't. This should not break your heart. You can learn seed AI after the Singularity, if we live through it and we're all still human-sized minds - learn the art of creating a mind when it's safe, when you can relax and have fun learning, stopping to smell the roses whenever you feel like it, instead of needing to push as hard as possible.

Meanwhile, before the Singu

	#!/bin/bash
	# Use of python311 with dependencies, binaries, and other aspects of the environment with nix under IntelliJ.
	# Instruct IntelliJ to use this script by specifying a path to this file as the "system" python interpreter.
	# Make sure this file is named `python311` (IntelliJ may otherwise reject it) executable by running `chmod +x ...``.
	#
	# If a `shell.nix` file is located in the same path as this wrapper script, its contents will be used in addition to
	# the dependencies listed below via `-p`.
	#
	# Copyright (C) 2032 Aryeh Hillman ([email protected])
	# Permission to copy and modify is granted under the AGPLv3 license

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	<string>nix.lorri</string>
	<key>ProgramArguments</key>
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	import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as L
	import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8 as C
	import Text.XML.HXT.Core
	import Data.List

	urbanDictionaryURL :: String
	urbanDictionaryURL = "https://www.urbandictionary.com/random.php"

	getRandomUrbanEntry :: IO String

	#!/usr/bin/python
	# Little program to remove c-like comments from input given via standard in
	import fileinput
	from sys import stdout

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	OPEN_COMMENT = '/*'
	CLOSE_COMMENT = '*/'
	OPEN_COMMENT_IDX = 0
	CLOSE_COMMENT_IDX = 0

	{-
	Module: urban.hs
	Description: Grabs example sentences for a random term from Urban Dictionary
	Copyright: June 18, 2014
	License: MIT

	Maintainer: [email protected]
	Stability: experimental
	Portability: portable

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