For those in the Stanford AI-class
I posted an obligatory FAI question for the Thrun/Norvig office hours. You can vote here https://www.ai-class.com/sforum/?modSeries=19a660&modTopic=45&modSubmission=5cabd7. Only top questions will be answered :)
ETA: it’s now the top question in the category by a nice margin!
I wrote Norvig about friendly AI issues in June but he never answered my email. I just wrote Sebastian Thrun. So if this question doesn’t make it through, maybe my email will.
It already got the most votes in the Misc category. Will be hard to ignore.
Are there transcripts for the Stanford videos?
The Q and A are on YouTube. Not sure if there are textual transcripts. For the class itself, there is this http://www.wonderwhy-er.com/ai-class/ .
Thanks. Everyone please go vote for this. I just did.
One response (unnamed): What can be done is that you can become involved yourself. I am aware of a major open source project that will be announced shortly that will have a major ethical component (I don’t use the term “Friendly AI” because SIAI’s proposal is shortsighted, unwise, and unethical). Contact me via my blog at http://becominggaia.wordpress.com/papers/ I (it) can point you to a number of conferences and resources as well.
Shortsighted, unwise, and unethical?
Anyone heard of this blog before?
“Becominggaia” as a website name set off my alarms, and it only got worse when I read one of his papers. The author appears to believe that greater intelligence is necessarily equated with greater benevolence, thus limiting any need for fear of existential risk. I skimmed though, and I admit I was a bit biased from the onset by the use of Kant’s philosophy, so draw your own conclusions.
E.g. from http://vimeo.com/33767396 (slides http://bicasociety.org/2011/materials/Waser.pptx), on occasion you prefer listening to reading.
No, but it doesn’t seem worth paying attention to.