Thomas Gilbert Receives Inaugural Simons Institute Law and Society Fellowship

07 Aug 2020

Thomas Krendl Gilbert has been awarded the Simons Institute Law and Society Fellowship for its upcoming research program on Theory of Reinforcement Learning (Fall 2020).

Joseph Halpern and Xinming Liu Publish “Bounded Rationality in Las Vegas: Probabilistic Finite Automata PlayMulti-Armed Bandits”

03 Aug 2020

Joseph Halpern, CHAI PI and Professor at Cornell University, and Xinming Liu published their paper at Uncertainty in AI (UAI)’s Virtual Conference which was held August 3rd to 6th.

CHAI PhD Students Accept Positions at MIT, Princeton, and DeepMind

15 Jul 2020

Rohin Shah, Jaime Fernández Fisac, and Dylan Hadfield-Menell have accepted jobs to begin after the completion of their PhD studies.

Hertz Foundation Awards Fellowship to Alyssa Dayan

15 Jun 2020

Alyssa Dayan, an incoming PhD student advised by Stuart Russell, was awarded a fellowship from The Hertz Foundation.

CHAI Holds Its First Virtual Workshop

01 Jun 2020

CHAI held its first virtual workshop last month.

Andrew Critch and David Krueger publish “AI Research Considerations for Human Existential Safety (ARCHES)”

30 May 2020

Andrew Critch, CHAI’s Research Scientist, and David Krueger have published “AI Research Considerations for Human Existential Safety (ARCHES).”

Vael Gates and Professors Anca Dragan and Tom Griffiths Publish “How to Be Helpful to Multiple People at Once”

05 May 2020

PhD student Vael Gates and Professors Anca Dragan and Tom Griffiths published “How to Be Helpful to Multiple People at Once” in the journal Cognitive Science.

Human Compatible has been Reissued in the UK

30 Apr 2020

April 30th, 2020 was the UK publication date for the paperback edition of Stuart Russell’s book “Human Compatible: AI and the Problem of Control.” This is a reissue of his original hardback edition, published in October 2019, has been described as “the most important book on AI so far.”

Professor Stuart Russell and Caroline Jeanmaire Organize Virtual Workshop Titled “AI Economic Futures”

19 Apr 2020

Professor Stuart Russell and Caroline Jeanmaire, Director of Strategic Research and Partnerships at CHAI, organized an inaugural virtual workshop in collaboration with the Global AI Council at the World Economic Forum.

Professor Anca Dragan Features on Podcast “Artificial Intelligence”

05 Mar 2020

Professor Anca Dragan was featured on the podcast “Artificial Intelligence” with Lex Fridman. In the episode, they focus on the difficulties of human-robot interaction during semi-autonomous driving.