The Alignment Problem - Machine Learning and Human Values - Brian Christian

Brian Christian

Category: Education

Tags: Education, Misc. Non-fiction

A jaw-dropping exploration of everything that goes wrong when we build AI systems and the movement to fix them., Todays machine-learning systems, trained by data, are so effective that weve invited them to see and hear for us - and to make decisions on our behalf. But alarm bells are ringing. Recent years have seen an eruption of concern as the field of machine learning advances. When the systems we attempt to teach will not, in the end, do what we want or what we expect, ethical and potentially existential risks emerge. Researchers call this the alignment problem., Systems cull rsums until, years later, we discover that they have inherent gender biases. Algorithms decide bail and parole - and appear to assess Black and White defendants differently. We can no longer assume that our mortgage application, or even our medical tests, will be seen by human eyes. And as autonomous vehicles share our streets, we are increasingly putting our lives in their hands., The mathematical and computat