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Anca Dragan Publishes “Enabling Robots to Communicate their Objectives”
08 Aug 2017
Anca Dragan along with researchers from UC Berkeley’s EECS and OpenAI published “Enabling Robots to Communicate Their Objectives” on arXiv. The abstract reads:
Stuart Russell at TED 2017: 3 Principles for Creating Safer AI
17 May 2017
How can we harness the power of superintelligent AI while ensuring strategically super-human systems are not used in ways we’d regret? As we move closer toward creating all-knowing machines, AI pioneer Stuart Russell is working on something a bit different: robots with uncertainty. Hear his vision for human-compatible AI that can solve problems using common sense, altruism and other human values.
The Montreal Declaration for a Responsible Development of Artificial Intelligence
11 Mar 2017
The Forum on the Socially Responsible Development of Artificial Intelligence, held in Montreal on November 2 and 3, 2017, concluded with the unveiling of the preamble of a draft declaration to which the public is now invited to contribute in a co-construction process involving all sectors of society. Read about it here.
The Future of AI Needs to Have More People in it
06 Mar 2017
AI systems need to help humans and humanity. I believe that for them to do that
well, we need a new definition of AI — one that takes humans and humanity into
account explicitly. That’s why I’m excited to share that I’m leading the
upcoming AI4ALL education program at UC Berkeley, BAIR Camp, where high school
students will explore human-centered — or humanistic — AI.
Anca Dragan Teaches Automated Vehicles a Lesson in Manners
11 Feb 2017
CHAI’s Anca Dragan worked with faculty from the Teams Up with the UC Berkeley Mechanical Engineering Department to work on having automated vehicles consider other drivers when deciding what to optimize for. The abstract of “Courteous Autonomous Cars” reads:
Yes, We Are Worried About the Existential Risk of Artificial Intelligence
02 Nov 2016
An article by Allan Dafoe and Stuart Russell in MIT Technology Review.
New Research Center to Explore Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
01 Nov 2016
Google, Facebook, Amazon Join Forces on Future of AI
28 Sep 2016
The Rise of Robots: Forget Evil AI – the Real Risk is Far More Insidious
30 Aug 2016
UC Berkeley — Center for Human-Compatible AI
29 Aug 2016
The Open Philanthropy Project awarded a grant of $5,555,550 over five years to UC Berkeley to support the
launch of a Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence (AI), led by Professor Stuart Russell. Read more on their website.