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Google DeepMind: The Podcast
AI Safety...Ok Doomer: with Anca Dragan
Aug 28, 2024
Anca Dragan, a lead for AI safety and alignment at Google DeepMind, dives into the pressing challenges of AI safety. She discusses the urgent need to align artificial intelligence with human values to prevent existential threats. The conversation covers the ethical dilemmas posed by AI recommendation systems and the interplay of competing objectives. Dragan also highlights innovative uses of AI, like citizens' assemblies, to promote democratic dialogue. The episode serves as a vital reminder of the importance of human oversight in AI development.
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- Balancing the development of AI capabilities with proactive safety measures is crucial to prevent both short-term and long-term risks.
- Aligning AI systems with diverse human values requires creating multiple reward functions and deliberative processes for capturing societal impacts.
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The Emergence of Existential Risks in AI Development
The discussion highlights the growing concern surrounding the safety of artificial intelligence, particularly as developers work toward creating systems capable of general intelligence that could parallel human capabilities. Anka Draghan emphasizes that both short-term and long-term risks of AI must be addressed concurrently, as keeping these concerns separate could lead to oversight in critical areas of AI development. The urgency in addressing these risks has heightened in recent years, shifting perspectives within the AI ethics community toward recognizing the immediacy of potential threats. Draghan argues against the notion of postponing safety considerations until after achieving advanced capabilities, advocating for a proactive approach to AI safety.
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