His 2014 book What If? is based on his blog of the same name that answers unusual science questions from readers in a light-hearted way that is scientifically grounded. The first book, published in 2010 and entitled xkcd: volume 0, was a series of select comics from his website. Munroe has released five spinoff books from the comic. New cartoons are added three times a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. It has a cast of stick figures, and the comic occasionally features landscapes, graphs, charts, and intricate mathematical patterns such as fractals. Some strips feature simple humor or pop-culture references. The subject matter of the comic varies from statements on life and love to mathematical, programming, and scientific in-jokes. Munroe states on the comic's website that the name of the comic is not an initialism but "just a word with no phonetic pronunciation". The comic's tagline describes it as "a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language". Xkcd, sometimes styled XKCD, is a webcomic created in 2005 by American author Randall Munroe.
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It both compelling and riveting and is destined for the bestseller list. This is a captivating novel by a brilliant new writer. * I received a free eBook from the author in exchange for an honest review.* Why the problem of control is so important. When we can expect it (currently hard to tell). We can learn from the book that there are at least several paths that can lead us to the AI. The old sparrow stays in place and tries to solve the control problem with the rest Only Scronkfinkle, was not convinced if it was a good idea.Įventually, no sparrow ever controlled the owl. To help them with the construction of nests and generally advice in everything. The book begins with a short tale about sparrows who are planning to find and train owls Nevertheless, since you've come here, I hope you'll get something out of it for yourself. These are my private opinions on this subject and you may disagree with them. I am writing these thoughts mainly for myself. I'm starting with a very good title about artificial intelligence or an unfinished fable of the sparrows. This is a pilot post about my thoughts after reading the book. My thoughts: Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom |