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Your small guide to: AI Safety

October 25, 2022October 25, 2022 Ines Fernandez 1 Comment

Even when given a very simple goal, an AI can act unpredictably. This phenomenon is known as “specification gaming” or “reward hacking”—achieving the goal that was technically specified, but failing to achieve the actual intended goal. It happens frequently, because it is really hard to explain to a computer what you actually intend for it to do. 

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The case against eating meat
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The case against eating meat

November 29, 2022December 9, 2022 Matthew Adelstein 0

Throughout history, many practices that have been accepted as normal have been horrendously immoral. Our modern society is not exempt from the possibility of similar grievous errors – and I believe that many of us, in our food choices, are making a similar moral error. This moral error we make in our culinary choices is meat consumption.  

Incentives and Uncertainties: How might governments seek to advance AI?
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Incentives and Uncertainties: How might governments seek to advance AI?

October 25, 2022October 25, 2022 Emma Gordon 1

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