The Alignment Problem
Machine Learning and Human Values
by Brian Christian
Recommended by Geoffrey Miller and Grady Booch
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Technology, and Philosophy.
A jawdropping exploration of everything that goes wrong when we build AI systems and the movement to fix them. Today’s "machinelearning" systems, trained by data, are so effective that we’ve invited them to see and hear for usand to make decisions on our behalf. But alarm bells are ringing. Recent years have seen an eruption of concern as the fi...
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Technology, and Philosophy.
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Grady Booch
“@BruceMctague @brianchristian I have already read it it is an excellent book. | PS this tweet was inspired by realizing that I learned more about AI & machine learning in 6 hours of reading 'The alignment problem' by @brianchristian, than in listening to 60+ hours of podcast interviews with AI experts. Excellent & important book.”
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