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{{quote|Rationalism is the belief that Eliezer Yudkowsky is the rightful caliph.|Scott Alexander|[http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/04/04/the-ideology-is-not-the-movement/ The Ideology is Not the Movement]}}
 
Author of ''[[Three Worlds Collide]]'' and ''[[Harry Potter and Thethe Methods of Rationality]]'', the shorter works ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya/Fanfic Recs|Trust in God/The Riddle of Kyon]]'' and ''[[Mega Crossover/Fanfic Recs|The Finale of the Ultimate Meta Mega Crossover]]'', and [http://yudkowsky.net/other/fiction various other fiction]. Helped found and is probably the most prolific poster to the blog/discussion site [[Less Wrong]] (the name of which he has used as a pseudonym on occasion), and is currently writing a book on rationality.
 
His day job is with the [http://singinst.org/ Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence], specifically working on how to make an [[AI]] that ''won't'' just [http://singinst.org/riskintro/index.html kill us all accidentally], and make [[AIA.I. Is a Crapshoot|AI less of a crapshoot]].
 
Most of his fictional works are [[Author Tract]]s, albeit ones that [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment|many find]] good and entertaining.
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* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]: Seeks to prevent it.
* [[Fan Boy]]: Isn't one, but has them despite trying to [http://lesswrong.com/lw/ln/resist_the_happy_death_spiral/ warn against being one].
* [[Genre Adultery]]: Almost all of his works, whether [[Harry Potter and Thethe Methods of Rationality|fanfic]] or [[Three Worlds Collide|original]], are highly philosophical [[Author Tract|Author Tracts]]. And then there's ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5731071/1/Peggy_Susie Peggy Susie]'', which is merely {{spoiler|a ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' fic}} and parody of ''[[The Terminator]]''... with no philosophical elements whatsoever.
* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: In the [http://yudkowsky.net/singularity/aibox AI-Box] [http://lesswrong.com/lw/up/shut_up_and_do_the_impossible/ experiment], presumably.
* [[Human Popsicle]]: His membership with the [http://www.cryonics.org/ Cryonics Institute] is his backup plan if he dies before achieving proper immortality.
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