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Stuart Russell Featured in MIT Interview
09 Dec 2018
Stuart Russell was interviewed by Lex Fridman, a research scientist at MIT who focuses on human-centered AI. The long-form interview goes into great detail on general intelligence, progress in AI, current and future AI risks, and much more.
CHAI Attends NeurIPS Conference
08 Dec 2018
CHAI graduate students Rohin Shah, Adam Gleave, Daniel Filan, and Dylan Hadfield-Menell, along with interns Matthew Rahtz and Aaron Tucker, attended the NeurIPS 2018 Conference, where they presented papers, met with researchers, and learned about work in the rest of the field.
Michael Wellman Talks on the Ethics of Autonomous Trading Agents
07 Dec 2018
Professor Michael Wellman has given a series of talks on the ethics of autonomous trading agents.
CHAI Launches Official Twitter Account
31 Oct 2018
The Center for Human-Compatible AI has launched their official Twitter account! You can follow us there for news, conference attendance, new AI safety papers, and more!
CHAI Assistant-Director Named One of Top Women in AI Ethics on Social Media
Rosie Campbell was named by influential technology blogger Mia Dand in one of her recent posts as one of the top one-hundred women to follow on social media for AI ethics. She was also invited to do a fireside chat about AI ethics by the author of the article. You can read about it more in the article here.
CHAI Conference Attendance for October 2018
CHAI faculty and students regularly attend conferences to present their work and keep up to date on the latest in their field. During October 2018, we had many of our members attend conferences all over the world to promote their work.
Guardians, Aliens, Or Robot Overlords? Security In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence. A talk by Prof. Edward Felten, cosponsored by CHAI
11 Oct 2018
Along with the Institute of International Studies, CHAI cosponsored a talk by Prof. Edward Felten on “Guardians, Aliens, Or Robot Overlords? Security In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence”.
European Parliament Passes Resolution on Autonomous Weapons
21 Sep 2018
European Parliament recently passed a resolution on September 12, 2018 which advocted for a ban on lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS), calling it a matter of urgency and demanding that meaningful human control is maintained.
AI Safety and CHAI Mentioned in Latest TED Talk
12 Sep 2018
Professor William MacAskill, a professor of philosophy at Oxford University and leader in the Effective Altruism movement, mentioned AI safety as a research priority and mentioned CHAI in this TED Talk given at the official TED 2018 conference. You can watch the original video here.