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One: Brian Christian on the alignment problem

The 80000 Hours Podcast on Artificial Intelligence

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Complexity of Neural Networks and Reinforcement Learning

This chapter discusses the exponential growth of complexity in neural networks and the synaptic complexity of GPT-3. It transitions to the concept of reinforcement learning, highlighting its temporal chains and incorporation of rewards. The chapter explores the applications of reinforcement learning in various domains and the role of dopamine neurons in temporal difference learning.

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