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Efficiency, Resilience, and Artificial Intelligence
In both computer science and economics, efficiency is a cherished property. The field of algorithms is almost solely focused on their efficiency. The goal of AI research is to increase efficiency by reducing human labor. In economics, the main advantage of the free market is that it promises “economic efficiency”. A major lesson from many recent disasters is that both fields have over-emphasized efficiency and under-emphasized resilience. I argue that resilience is a more important property than efficiency and discuss how the two fields can broaden their focus to make resilience a primary consideration. I will conclude by raising serious questions on the goal of the AI research program.
Date:
14 March 2025, 14:00
Venue:
Wolfson Building, Parks Road OX1 3QD
Venue Details:
Department of Computer Science, Wolfson Building, Lecture Theatre A
Speaker:
Moshe Y. Vardi (Rice University, USA)
Organising department:
Department of Computer Science
Organiser:
Giuseppe De Giacomo (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
giuseppe.degiacomo@cs.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Giuseppe De Giacomo (University of Oxford)
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Giuseppe De Giacomo
