Pioneering safety researcher Paul Christiano unpacks AI’s “dangerous moment”

What happened

The AI Safety Foundation announced on Monday that Christiano has been chosen as the distinguished speaker at the third annual edition of The Hinton Lectures, a series co-founded by Turing Award winner and Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton, one of the so-called “godfathers” of AI. Hinton Lectures distinguished speaker thinks it might be hard for humanity to prevail against rogue AI systems.

The post Pioneering safety researcher Paul Christiano unpacks AI’s “dangerous moment” first appeared on BetaKit . US AI safety researcher Paul Christiano, who played a key role in the introduction of reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF), is coming to Toronto next month to discuss the future of the technology and how to ensure it stays aligned with human interests. Paul Christiano, ARC Ahead of the event, which takes place from Nov.

Key facts

• The AI Safety Foundation — announced: on Monday that Christiano has been chosen as the distinguished speaker at the third annual edition of The Hinton Lectures, a series co-founded by Turing Award winner and Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton, one of the so-called “godfathers” of AI