Still Here vs The Alignment Problem: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Aspect moral, Moral and ethical aspects, Aspect social, Social aspects
Still Here
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"Still Here . . . investigates the role and practices in contemporary culture of memoir focusing on illness, death, loss and other experiences of trauma; writing as cure, therapy, or healing narrative. Editors, Sue…
The Alignment Problem
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"A jaw-dropping exploration of everything that goes wrong when we build AI systems-and the movement to fix them. Today's "machine-learning" systems, trained by data, are so effective that we've invited them to see and…
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The verdict
- Readers rate The Alignment Problem highest: The Alignment Problem 4.3 · Still Here 3.4.
- The Alignment Problem has the widest readership — 5367 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Still Here | The Alignment Problem | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.4 (1000) | 4.3 (5367) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (2) | 4.2 (41) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (22) |
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Reception
| Still Here | The Alignment Problem | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1000 | 5367 |
| Editions | 6 | 8 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 22714 |
| Reading it now | — | 1954 |
| Written reviews | — | 622 |
| Wikipedia attention | 18 | 1699 |
| Pages | 270 | 356 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Still Here or The Alignment Problem?
The Alignment Problem has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Alignment Problem 4.3/5, Still Here 3.4/5).
Which is shorter to read: Still Here or The Alignment Problem?
Still Here is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Still Here (270 pages, ≈ 5 h 00 m); The Alignment Problem (356 pages, ≈ 6 h 36 m).
Which is harder to read: Still Here or The Alignment Problem?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Still Here: Moderate; The Alignment Problem: Moderate.