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Lunch Seminar with Stuart Russell: If we succeed

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Recent developments in artificial intelligence have been enormously positive, while others, such as the development of autonomous weapons and the replacement of humans in economic roles, may be negative. In the not too distant future, it's a sure bet that AI's capabilities will eventually exceed those of humans across a range of real-world-decision making scenarios. Should this be a cause for concern, as Alan Turing, Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, and others have suggested? 

Join us this Monday when Stuart Russell of UC Berkeley explores these and other questions in his seminar, "If We Succeed." 

Join us for lunch starting at 11:45am, with talk to follow 12-1pm.

Abstract: I will briefly survey recent and expected developments in AI and their
implications. Some are enormously positive, while others, such as the
development of autonomous weapons and the replacement of humans in
economic roles, may be negative. Beyond these, one must expect that AI
capabilities will eventually exceed those of humans across a range of
real-world-decision making scenarios. Should this be a cause for
concern, as Alan Turing, Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, and others have
suggested?  And, if so, what can we do about it?  While some in the
mainstream AI community dismiss the issue, I will argue that the
problem is real and that the technical aspects of it are solvable if
we replace current definitions of AI with a version based on provable
benefit to humans.  This, in turn, raises a host of questions with
which the social sciences and humanities have wrestled for centuries.

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