Urgent and fascinating, this is an accessible primer to the most important issue facing AI researchers today. This book would be a useful read both for activists who want to better understand public policy AND for aspiring engineers who want to get up to speed with machine learning. If we stand by, we face a future with unregulated algorithms that propagate our biases - and worse - violate our most sacred values. The Alignment Problem addresses advanced technical problems while being readable to non-technical people. 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. This conundrum - dubbed 'The Alignment Problem' by experts - is the subject of this timely and important book. Recorded on the 27th January 2021.AbstractWith the incredible growth of machine learning over recent ye. But as algorithms make ever more decisions on our behalf, how do we ensure they do what we want? And fairly? Seminar by Brian Christian, at the UCL Centre for AI. 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.
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