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Welcome to course, beginning Christian’s Alignment Problem This is…
Welcome to course, beginning Christian’s Alignment Problem
This is the short version. More details below
This first assignment is organized in the typical format for the course: this page of instructions toward the upcoming essay, based on ideas from the text and your own interests, followed by a discussion of those ideas with classmates. You’ll then revise the ideas from your reading and research and the discussions step by step into an essay.
Present risks and future dangers of artificial intelligence
The first reading and discussion focuses on what Christian calls the “present-day ethical risks” and “future dangers” of artificial intelligence. What do you think about AI in general? How serious do you think present risks and future dangers of artificial intelligence are, compared to a couple other issues or problems people and the world are facing today? What aspects of advanced technology do you find helpful and useful, and which parts seem unnecessary, complicate life, or even present serious dangers?
Your thoughts on at least 1 quote from Christian’s Alignment Problem
Select a quote from the introduction of Christian’s Alignment Problem that you can compare or contrast to your ideas on the “present-day ethical risks” and “future dangers” (Christian 12), then decide how you will explain your ideas. Anyone still without the text yet may use the following quotes from chapter 1 or another free, online source of Lieberman’s ideas, and give reference info+link:
“In recent years, alarm bells have gone off in two distinct communities. The first are those focused on the present- day ethical risks of technology. If a facial-recognition system is wildly inaccurate for people of one race or gender but not another, or if someone is denied bail because of a statistical model that has never been audited and that no one in the courtroomincluding the judge, attorneys, and defendantunderstands, this is a problem. Issues like these cannot be addressed within traditional disciplinary camps, but rather only through dialogue: between computer scientists, social scientists, lawyers, policy experts, ethicists. That dialogue has begun in a hurry.
The second are those worried about the future dangers that await as our systems grow increasingly capable of flexible, real-time decision-making, both online and in the physical world. The past decade has seen what is inarguably the most exhilarating, abrupt, and worrying progress in the history of machine learningand, indeed, in the history of artificial intelligence. There is a consensus that a kind of taboo has been broken: it is no longer forbidden for AI researchers to discuss concerns of safety. In fact, such concerns have over the past five years moved from the fringes to become one of the central problems of the field” (Christian 12).
Present risks and future dangers of artificial intelligence from current events
Find online at least one source of information about an example from current events related to present risks and future dangers of artificial intelligence. You may find and choose a source yourself or use the ChatGPT-generated text in the more details section below.
Discussion on present risks and future dangers of artificial intelligence and responding to a classmate
See the previous page for instructions, more details, etc., then organize your post using the following outline:
your thoughts on present risks and future dangers of artificial intelligence generally
your thoughts on at least 1 quote from the Prologue, Introduction, or Conclusion of Christian’s Alignment Problem, which you may choose from the examples on the previous page or your further reading of the text
your thoughts on at least 1 example on present risks and future dangers of artificial intelligence from current events, which you may choose yourself or use the ChatGPT-generated text on the previous page
your response to another student’s post, including a link to more information online. If you’re the first to post, or if you simply want to read a few posts before choosing a quote to respond to, you can add this later
2 word counts: 1 word count of all your post (you can also include your response to another student, if you like), 1 word count of only your writing, not including the quotes. Recommended total = 250 words
