To Survive the Streets, Robocars Must Learn to Think Like Humans
Anca Dragan was featured in this WIRED article on how machines learning to infer human actions can allow them to make optimal and safe decisions. You can read the article here.
You Aren’t Ready for the Weirdness of Working with Robots
Anca Dragan was featured in this WIRED article on human-machine interaction, including the issue with anthropomorphization and the value of robotic non-verbal communication. You can read the article here.
Anca Dragan Publishes “Enabling Robots to Communicate their Objectives”
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
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
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
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
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:
