![]() ![]() ![]() Urgent and fascinating, this is an accessible primer to the most important issue facing AI researchers today. If we stand by, we face a future with unregulated algorithms that propagate our biases - and worse - violate our most sacred values. From the AI program which cheats at computer games to the sexist algorithm behind Google Translate, bestselling author Brian Christian explains how, as AI develops, we rapidly approach a collision between artificial intelligence and ethics. Recorded on the 27th January 2021.AbstractWith the incredible growth of machine learning over recent ye. This conundrum - dubbed 'The Alignment Problem' by experts - is the subject of this timely and important book. Seminar by Brian Christian, at the UCL Centre for AI. ![]() ![]() But as algorithms make ever more decisions on our behalf, how do we ensure they do what we want? And fairly? In a masterful blend of history and on-the ground reporting, Christian traces the explosive growth in the field of machine learning and surveys its current, sprawling frontier. Christian has just released his newest book, The Alignment Problem, which delves into the disparity that occurs when AI models don’t do exactly what they’re intended to do. This is the book on artificial intelligence we need right now.' Mike Krieger, cofounder of InstagramĪrtificial intelligence is rapidly dominating every aspect of our modern lives influencing the news we consume, whether we get a mortgage, and even which friends wish us happy birthday. Not many can claim to be a computer programmer, nonfiction author and poet, but Brian Christian has established himself as all three. ![]()
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