Ethics in AI Colloquium - Provably Beneficial Artificial Intelligence

Speaker
Prof Stuart Russell, Dr Caroline Green, Prof Philipp Koralus, Prof Ruth Chang
Event date
Event time
17:00 - 18:30
Venue
Bodleian Old Library
Broad Street
Oxford
OX1 3BG
Venue details

Lecture Theatre

Event type
Lectures and seminars
Event cost
Free
Disabled access?
Yes
Booking required
Required

Abstract: In 1951, Alan Turing predicted the eventual loss of human control over machines that exceed human capabilities. I will argue that Turing was right to express concern but wrong to think that doom is inevitable. Instead, we need to develop a new kind of AI that is provably beneficial to humans. I will describe an approach -- assistance games -- that seems promising. On the horizon, however, are a number of open questions, some of them familiar to moral philosophers and government regulators and some of them new.

A joint event with the Philosophy, Law & Politics Colloquium Series, funded by the Hewlett Foundation and the Institute for Ethics in AI Colloquium Series.

Registration required.

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