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A.I. Policy and Public Perception - Miles Brundage and Tim Hwang
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Miles Brundage - https://twitter.com/Miles_Brundage - is an AI Policy Research Fellow with the Strategic AI Research Center at the Future of Humanity Institute - https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/. He is also a PhD candidate in Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology at Arizona State University. Miles recently co-authored The Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence: Forecasting, Prevention, and Mitigation - https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.07228 Tim Hwang - https://twitter.com/timhwang - is the Director of the Harvard-MIT Ethics and Governance of AI Initiative - https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/10/omidyar-hoffman-create-27m-research-fund-for-ai-in-the-public-interest/. He is also a Visiting Associate at the Oxford Internet Institute - https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/ - and a Fellow at the Knight-Stanford Project on Democracy and the Internet - https://pacscenter.stanford.edu/research/project-on-democracy-and-the-internet/. This is Tim's second time on the podcast; he was also on episode 11 - https://blog.ycombinator.com/at-the-intersection-of-ai-governments-and-google-tim-hwang/. The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon - https://twitter.com/craigcannon
Segments Timeline
The Malicious Use of AI
Exploring the dangers and misuses of artificial intelligence technology.
"alright guys I think the most important and pressing question is now that cryptocurrency gets all the attention an AI is no longer the hottest thing of technology how are you dealing with it yeah been..."
Disinformation and AI's Dark Potential
This segment explores the intersection of AI techniques and the rise of believable disinformation, focusing on emerging research and methodologies.
"its a general survey but then there's like an appendix on different areas like you know how to deal with the privacy issues how to deal with you know the robustness issues and you know different place..."
Navigating AI's Potential Misuses
This segment explores the varied potential misuses of AI technology, emphasizing the need for interdisciplinary discussions and the unpredictability of its applications.
"to be more widely usable not just by experts but potentially and you know a huge range of applications for the purpose of this report that I recently wrote you know we got a ton of people together inc..."
Public Perception of AI Risks
Examining how society perceives the risks and benefits of AI technology.
"a big way because I've debated often like okay so like say there's a horrible self-driving car like incident that occurs right like maybe that turns society off in general to the whole technology and ..."
Challenges in AI Robustness
This segment discusses the complexities and pitfalls of ensuring AI systems are robust in real-world applications, particularly in healthcare.
"transparency thing that Tim mentioned I would also mention robustness so that's a huge concern and pretty much you know if you look at the like offense and defense and competitions on adversarial exam..."
The Interpretability Debate in AI
This segment explores the critical discussions surrounding the importance of interpretability in machine learning technologies and its varying significance across different regions.
"right now is basically so Zakk Lipton this machine learning researcher did this great paper called the doctor just won't accept that right and it's basically a reference to that that trope and a lot o..."
Scenario Planning for AI Policy
This segment explores innovative methods for AI policy, emphasizing the need for scenario planning to address uncertainties and disagreements in the field.
"case-by-case basis so the regulatory mode is basically to say look in medical that seems to be a situation where like there's like particularly high risks and like we want to create a bunch of regimes..."
The Demand for AI Policy Solutions
This segment explores the complexities of establishing effective policies for AI, discussing the balance between policy supply and demand.
"develop policy at all like I think that's like kind of the history of this right which is like when do certain situations become considered so complex as to require someone to be able to like be like ..."
Bridging Technical and Policy Gaps
This segment explores the importance of collaboration between technical experts and policy-makers in understanding and addressing the implications of AI technology.
"for like short-term so like in 2017 I made a bunch of predictions I found that to be a super useful exercise because then I could say okay what was I wrong about and was there like were there systemat..."
Interdisciplinary Approaches to AI Fairness
Exploring the diverse perspectives and collaborations on AI fairness across different sectors.
"so you know both sides I think like I talked to a bunch of researchers within Google who are like very concerned about fairness I talked to researchers outside of Google who are in civil society right..."
Bridging Short-Term and Long-Term AI Concerns
This segment explores the interplay between immediate and future AI issues, including value alignment, fairness, and potential governance approaches.
"I'm curious about your broad thoughts like what should we be concerned about in the short term around AI and in the long term and then how did the two mix together yeah definitely I mean so I think th..."
Building Trust in AI Development
This segment explores strategies for fostering cooperation and transparency in AI development to ensure accountability and safety.
"there been things like on-site inspections and you know satellite monitoring and you know all these tools that are sort of bespoke for the purpose of the domain but the general concept is we would be ..."
The Case for Openness in AI Research
This segment discusses the importance of openness in AI research, highlighting the benefits of sharing knowledge and collaboration in the field.
"want to think about norms around openness and those specific domains where you know the the idea is until like never publish but it's to like have some sort of process but yeah as far as general AI an..."