@seanilling sean.illing@vox.com Sep 20, 23
To get some answers, I invited #StuartRussell onto The Gray Area. Russell is a professor of computer science at UC Berkeley and the author of Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control. He was one of the signatories of an open letter in March calling for a six-month pause on AI training. We discuss the risks and potential benefits of AI and whether he believes we can build AI systems that align with our values and interests.
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It’s time to get serious about advanced AI systems,” said #StuartRussell, professor of #ComputerScience at the #UniversityOfCalifornia, Berkeley. “These are not toys. Increasing their capabilities before we understand how to make them safe is utterly reckless.”
He added: “There are more regulations on sandwich shops than there are on AI companies.”
#AI firms must be held responsible for harm they cause, ‘godfathers’ of technology say | #ArtificialIntelligence
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/oct/24/ai-firms-must-be-held-responsible-for-harm-they-cause-godfathers-of-technology-say?utm_source=press.coop
Having read (and mostly enjoyed) books by Max Tegmark, Stuart Russell, Ray Kurzweil, Brian Christian, Ajay Agrawal and Nick Bostrom in recent months, its been Melanie Mitchell (AI: a guide for thinking humans), D'Iganzio & Klein (Data Feminism) and Erica Thompson (Escape from Model Land) that I think have provided some of the most balanced and insightful perspectives on AI and data science.
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#MelanieMitchell
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[en] AI #scientist Prof. Russel, #Berkeley: "We don't understand how AI works"
"We know in China, Russia, North Korea large teams of people who pump out #disinformation and we've just given them a power tool."
"The only way we have control is basically to say: "bad dog" ... not a very reassuring method of control for systems that can affect the lives of millions of people."
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=sfn0edwl0hY
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AI has much to offer humanity. It could also wreak terrible harm. It must be controlled
#StuartRussell's signature on 'that letter', certainly made me take it more seriously.
This is a considered piece.
Whatever you may think of #ElonMusk, I wouldn't call #StuartRussell alarmist. This call for a 6 months moratorium on #LLM #AI development deserves attention. https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/
Have recently read 'Power & Prediction' by Agrawal, Gans & Goldfarb, and re-read 'Life 3.0' by Max Tegmark and 'Human Compatible' by Stuart Russell.
Anyone have other recommendations in these areas?
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An #AI triple bill, nearly 4 hours of #podcast interviewing 3 authors of #JohnBrockman's anthology "Possible Minds: 25 ways of looking at AI". Discussion with #GeorgeDyson, #AlisonGopnik, & #StuartRussell.
I'm just about half way through, but it is a fascinating deep dive wide net discussion around the subject of AI and where our #technology is going into the future. Will it align with our species needs or are we building a future of new mythology.
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