Ethics in AI Colloquium - Provably Beneficial Artificial Intelligence
Abstract: In 1951, Alan Turing predicted the eventual loss of human control over machines that exceed human capabilities. I will argue that Turing was right to express concern but wrong to think that doom is inevitable. Instead, we need to develop a new kind of AI that is provably beneficial to humans. I will describe an approach — assistance games — that seems promising. On the horizon, however, are a number of open questions, some of them familiar to moral philosophers and government regulators and some of them new.

A joint event with the Philosophy, Law & Politics Colloquium Series, funded by the Hewlett Foundation and the Institute for Ethics in AI Colloquium Series.
Date: 27 February 2025, 17:00
Venue: Bodleian Libraries, Oxford
Speakers: Professor Stuart J Russell OBE (University of California), Professor Ruth Chang (University of Oxford), Dr Caroline Green (Philosophy, Oxford), Sir Nigel Shadbolt (Jesus College)
Organiser contact email address: aiethicsevents@philosophy.ox.ac.uk
Hosts: Professor Ruth Chang (University of Oxford), Professor John Tasioulas (Philosophy, Oxford)
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.oxford-aiethics.ox.ac.uk/event/ethics-ai-colloquium-provably-beneficial-artificial-intelligence-bodleian-libraries-oxford
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Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Marie Watson