New York OB Meetup (ad-hoc) on Monday, Mar 24, @6pm
Correction: The giant Starbucks is at 13 Astor Place #25, not 51 Astor which is a smaller Starbucks. (Yes, there are two Starbucks a block apart, here.) The smaller Starbucks has metal steps and a ramp leading up; don't go here. The giant Starbucks, which is where we want to go, is next to Lafayette and Astor.
I (Eliezer) am in New York at the moment, and will have some time free on Monday night, March 24th, to meet any interested New York Overcoming Bias readers.
Where: The giant Starbucks at 13 Astor Place #25, New York, NY 10003
When: 6pm, this Monday (March 24th, 2008)
Who: Eliezer Yudkowsky (866-983-597), Carl Shulman
If you plan on attending, please leave a comment, so we know to expect you. If you're going to arrive later than 6pm, please note this as well.
I'll also be at Princeton on Sunday. My time is already mostly spoken for, but if you're at Princeton and desperately want to meet up, comment or email before 7am tomorrow.
Hi, I'm a big fan of your blog. It's been extremely helpful to me professionally and I'd like to express my gratitude in person. Hope to see you there!
Posted by: Allan Benamer | March 22, 2008 at 08:12 PM
This sounds like fun, I'll definitely try to make it.
Posted by: Skorgu | March 22, 2008 at 10:41 PM
I'll be there.
Posted by: michael vassar | March 22, 2008 at 10:57 PM
I don't know if I can make it, but I'd like to be there... if I'm going, I'll post again.
Posted by: Doug S. | March 23, 2008 at 02:06 AM
I'll try to come to this.
Posted by: not anonymous tomorrow | March 23, 2008 at 08:41 PM
Been reading your blog since the getgo and have been wishing for a long time that you would come to new york city one day. i will definitely try to make it there to express my gratitude. i'll give it a probability of 80% that i will come.
Posted by: sohaib hasan | March 23, 2008 at 11:40 PM
I'd like to go. I may bring 1 guest.
Regards
Carol
Posted by: carol | March 23, 2008 at 11:57 PM
I will be there!
Posted by: Daniel Humphries | March 24, 2008 at 12:57 AM
Hoping to come; might be a bit past 6.
Posted by: Nathan | March 24, 2008 at 11:05 AM
I'll be there.
Posted by: drew drytellar | March 24, 2008 at 11:09 AM
i'm another big, but non-contributing, fan of your blog. i don't get off work till 7, but i'll try to come after that to see if anyone's still around.
Posted by: brendon | March 24, 2008 at 11:36 AM
plan2appear
Posted by: shane hope | March 24, 2008 at 03:14 PM
I'll be there, maybe not right at 6.
Posted by: Michael | March 24, 2008 at 03:55 PM
Will be there.
Posted by: Kevin W | March 24, 2008 at 04:10 PM
I wish I had known about this meeting earlier - I do not know if I can make it. - cheers
Posted by: sharon-b | March 24, 2008 at 04:39 PM
I plan on being there about 6:15pm. I would be interested to here if anyone has any suggestions for a transhumanist-related dissertation topic for a PhD in philosophy.
Posted by: Tim Czech | March 24, 2008 at 05:08 PM
I'll be there!
Posted by: Josh Kaufman | March 24, 2008 at 05:17 PM
Eliezer - thanks for putting this together. I had a lot of fun; made me nostalgic for my college days when I would talk about things that actually kept my brain awake. Thanks also for the AI textbook suggestion; I have placed an order for it and will give MIT's (free) online undergrad class a shot.
Posted by: DaveInNYC | March 25, 2008 at 10:12 AM
Hi Eliezer - it was great meeting you on Sunday. I've tried to summarize and clarify some of our main philosophical disagreements, here.
[I originally posted this to a thread that has since been deleted. So I thought I should re-post, in case you missed it.]
Posted by: Richard | March 25, 2008 at 05:09 PM
DaveInNYC:
Thanks also for the AI textbook suggestion;
Would you mind sharing which book it is? And which of MIT's (free) online undergrad classes are you refering to?
Thanks, Roland
Posted by: Roland | March 25, 2008 at 05:24 PM
The book Eliezer suggested was Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach. The course I am going to take is offered here and here. The list of all courses is here. The course I am looking at is an undergrad one; I figure that will give me a good idea of where I want to go with AI, whether that be pursuing my Masters or some other route....
Posted by: DaveInNYC | March 25, 2008 at 10:09 PM
Thanks for your reply DaveInNYC.
The book by Norvig is a classic, I was wondering if Eliezer had suggested something totally exotic...
Posted by: Roland | March 26, 2008 at 03:44 AM