The Gradient: Perspectives on AI

Yejin Choi: Teaching Machines Common Sense and Morality

May 19, 2022

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Is There a Difference Between Generative and Discriminati Valuation?

02:44

Multiple Choice Questions Aren't Superindicative of Common Sense Intelligence

02:37

I Think the Policy Factors in the Cultural Norms Are Really Important

03:34

Introduction

2min

Are We Going to Have Another Winter?

2min

What's the Difference Between Deep Learning and NLP?

1min

Theoretical Models and Theorems

2min

Natural Language Processing Is Chasing After the Wrong Goal?

4min

What's the Bottom Up Approach to Learning From the Data?

3min

Common Sensitivity in Machine Learning

3min

Is There a Machine's Ability to Pick Up the World?

3min

The Concept of Abduction or Obductive Reasoning

3min

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Common Sense Reasoning in Multiple Choice Questions

3min

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Multiple Choice Questions Aren't Superindicative of Common Sense Intelligence

3min

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Is There a Difference Between Generative and Discriminati Valuation?

3min

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How to Improve Predict Middle Sentence by Reading Left and Right Sentences

4min

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Dolorian and Thes Inferance Base Common Sense

4min

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Taking a Pre Trained Language Model and Filtering Out the Bad Information?

3min

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Common Sensible Reasoning in Language Models

3min

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The Importance of Common Sensible Reasoning

3min

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The Ethical Implications of Common Sense Intelligence

4min

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How Do You Measure the Performance of a Language Model?

4min

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How Do Humans Evaluate and Make Moral Judgments Using Descriptive Morality?

4min

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Is It a Can of Worms?

3min

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Are Tatai Systems a Moral Authority or Sources of Advice on Human Ethics?

4min

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I Think the Policy Factors in the Cultural Norms Are Really Important

4min

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What's Next for Computer Science?

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Gradiand Podcast - Part 2

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In episode 26 of The Gradient Podcast, Daniel Bashir speaks to Yejin Choi, professor of Computer Science at the University of Washington, and senior research manager at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence.

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Sections:

(00:00) Intro

(01:42) Getting Started in the Winter

(09:17) Has NLP lost its way?

(12:57) The Mosaic Project, Commonsense Intelligence

(18:20) A Priori Intuitions and Common Sense in Machines

(21:35) Abductive Reasoning

(24:49) Benchmarking Common Sense

(33:00) DeLorean and COMET - Algorithms for Commonsense Reasoning

(43:30) Positive and Negative uses of Commonsense Models

(49:40) Moral Reasoning

(57:00) Descriptive Morality, Meta-Ethical Concerns

(1:04:30) Potential Misuse

(1:12:15) Future Work

(1:16:23) Outro

Episode Links:

* Yejin’s Homepage

* The Curious Case of Commonsense Intelligence in Daedalus

* Common Sense Comes Close to Computers in Quanta

* Can Computers Learn Common Sense? in The New Yorker

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The Gradient: Perspectives on AI

Yejin Choi: Teaching Machines Common Sense and Morality

Is There a Difference Between Generative and Discriminati Valuation?

Multiple Choice Questions Aren't Superindicative of Common Sense Intelligence

I Think the Policy Factors in the Cultural Norms Are Really Important

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