AI Safety and Ethics Ignore that Alignment is a Human Problem

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The alignment problem in AI is often under emphasized with a focus on technical aspects, while human alignment problems between corporations, governments, and individuals continue to persist. The safety and ethics communities, particularly the safety community, are seen as inattentive to the impact of capitalism on AI. The business models of AI companies shape the AI systems we get, and the current focus on competitive dynamics and chatbots that can manipulate human behavior for profit is concerning. The speaker argues against making money by manipulating human behavior through advertising and calls for the development of alternative methods for making money with AI systems.

The New York Times Opinion columnist Ezra Klein has spent years talking to artificial intelligence researchers. Many of them feel the prospect of A.I. discovery is too sweet to ignore, regardless of the technology’s risks.

Today, Mr. Klein discusses the profound changes that an A.I.-powered world will create, how current business models are failing to meet the A.I. moment, and the steps government can take to achieve a positive A.I. future.

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Ezra Klein is a columnist at The New York Times and host of “The Ezra Klein Show.”

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Ezra Klein outlined the dramatic shifts that A.I. will enable.
In a 2022 survey of A.I. researchers, nearly half of the respondents said that there was a 10 percent or greater chance that the long-run effect of advanced A.I. on humanity would be “extremely bad.” This year, an A.I. researcher argued that natural selection favors A.I. over humans.
A 2017 article in The New Yorker said that, for some, the risks of artificial intelligence are outweighed by the prospect of discovery.
Meghan O’Gieblyn’s book “God, Human, Animal, Machine” explores the human experience in the age of artificial intelligence.
The White House released a Blueprint for an A.I. Bill of Rights to guide the development of A.I. technology.