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Eliezer Yudkowsky

1979 - Today

Eliezer Yudkowsky

Eliezer Shlomo Yudkowsky ( EL-ee-EH-zər yuud-KOW-skee; born September 11, 1979) is an American artificial intelligence researcher and writer on decision theory and ethics, best known for popularizing ideas related to friendly artificial intelligence. He is the founder of and a research fellow at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), a private research nonprofit based in Berkeley, California. His work on the prospect of a runaway intelligence explosion influenced philosopher Nick Bostrom's 2014 book Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Eliezer Yudkowsky is the 7,192nd most popular writer (down from 6,858th in 2024), the 16,872nd most popular biography from United States (down from 14,450th in 2019) and the 1,145th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eliezer Yudkowsky ranks 7,187 out of 7,302. Before him are Taras Prokhasko. After him are Lauren Kate, Katja Petrowskaja, Scott Smith, Paul Beatty, Patrick McCabe, Adriana Lisboa, Bethany Hamilton, Ursula Poznanski, Beate Grimsrud, Chris Abani, and Sylvia Day.

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Taras Prokhasko
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 7,186
Eliezer Yudkowsky
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 7,187
Lauren Kate
1981 - Present
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 7,188
Katja Petrowskaja
1970 - Present
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 7,189
Scott Smith
1965 - Present
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 7,190
Paul Beatty
1962 - Present
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 7,191
Patrick McCabe
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 7,192
Adriana Lisboa
1970 - Present
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 7,193
Bethany Hamilton
1990 - Present
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 7,194
Ursula Poznanski
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 7,195
Beate Grimsrud
1963 - 2020
HPI: 43.35
Rank: 7,196
Chris Abani
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.35
Rank: 7,197
Sylvia Day
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.35
Rank: 7,198

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Eliezer Yudkowsky ranks 802. Before him are Katrin Zeller, Teruki Tabata, Staņislavs Olijars, Matthias Kessler, Anne McClain, and Lauris Reiniks. After him are Louay Chanko, Simone Hauswald, Derek Trucks, Chamillionaire, Danilo Gabriel de Andrade, and Liu Xia.

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Katrin Zeller
SKIER
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 796
Teruki Tabata
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 797
Staņislavs Olijars
ATHLETE
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 798
Matthias Kessler
CYCLIST
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 799
Anne McClain
ASTRONAUT
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 800
Lauris Reiniks
SINGER
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 801
Eliezer Yudkowsky
WRITER
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 802
Louay Chanko
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 803
Simone Hauswald
ATHLETE
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 804
Derek Trucks
MUSICIAN
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 805
Chamillionaire
SINGER
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 806
Danilo Gabriel de Andrade
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 807
Liu Xia
WRESTLER
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 808