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#69: Quotes #5

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Read Quotes #1 and Quotes #2 to understand why I’m writing a list of 5 quotes once every week.

  1. Let‘s remind ourselves of the task at hand: to design machines with a high degree of intelligence — so that they can help us with difficult problems — while ensuring that those machines never behave in ways that make us seriously unhappy. The task is, fortunately, not the following: given a machine that possesses a high degree of intelligence, work out how to control it. If that were the task, we would be toast. - Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control
  1. Make stuff you love and talk about stuff you love and you’ll attract people who love that kind of stuff. It’s that simple. - Austin Kleon
  1. To learn something well, you need to study it for a while and then take a break. - Loren Frank
  1. I Can’t Do Anything for Fun Anymore; Every Hobby Is an Attempt to Make Money - Dave Bennett
  1. Habits that have a high rate of return in life: - sleep 8+ hours each day - lift weights 3x week - go for a walk each day - save at least 10 percent of your income - read every day - drink more water and less of everything else - leave your phone in another room while you work - James Clear