June Newsletter: AI Ethics & Governance

Post Date June 30, 2021
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Dear friends,

This month GCRI announces two new research papers. First, Moral Consideration of Nonhumans in the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence led by GCRI Research Associate Andrea Owe, addresses the current state of treatment of nonhumans across the field of AI ethics. The paper finds limited existing attention and calls for more. The paper speaks to major themes in AI ethics, such as the project of aligning AI to human (or nonhuman) values. Given the profound current and potential future impacts of AI technology, how nonhumans …

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Moral Consideration of Nonhumans in the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

Post Date June 07, 2021
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View the paper “Moral Consideration of Nonhumans in the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence”

In the ethics of artificial intelligence, a major theme is the challenge of aligning AI to human values. This raises the question of the role of nonhumans. Indeed, AI can profoundly affect the nonhuman world, including nonhuman animals, the natural environment, and the AI itself. Given that large parts of the nonhuman world are already under immense threats from human affairs, there is reason to fear potentially catastrophic consequences should AI R&D fail …

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AI Certification: Advancing Ethical Practice by Reducing Information Asymmetries

Post Date June 02, 2021
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View the paper “AI Certification: Advancing Ethical Practice by Reducing Information Asymmetries”

Certification is widely used to convey that an entity has met some sort of performance standard. It includes everything from the certificate that people receive for completing a university degree to certificates for energy efficiency in consumer appliances and quality management in organizations. As AI technology becomes increasingly impactful across society, there can be a role for certification to improve AI governance. This paper presents an overview of AI certification, applying insights from prior …

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May Newsletter: 2021 Advising/Collaboration Program

Post Date May 28, 2021
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Dear friends,

GCRI has just opened a new round of our advising and collaboration program. It is an open call for anyone who would like to connect with us. We are providing advice on career opportunities, research directions, and anything else related to global catastrophic risk. We are also discussing opportunities to collaborate on specific projects, including several active GCRI projects listed online. Whether you are new to the field or an old colleague seeking to reconnect, we welcome your inquiry. For further information, please see …

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Open Call for Advisees and Collaborators, May 2021

Post Date May 12, 2021
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UPDATE: The open call for advisees and collaborators is now closed. Thank you to everyone who applied. However, anyone interested in seeking our advice and/or collaborating with us is still welcome to contact us as per the instructions below and we will include them in our next advisees and collaborators program.

GCRI is currently welcoming inquiries from people who are interested in seeking our advice and/or collaborating with us. Inquiries can concern any aspect of global catastrophic risk. We welcome inquiries from people at any career …

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February Newsletter: Welcoming Andrea Owe

Post Date February 26, 2021
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I am delighted to announce a new member of the GCRI team, Research Associate Andrea Owe. Andrea is an environmental and space ethicist based in Oslo. She first started working with GCRI a few years ago while she was a masters student at the University of Oslo’s Centre for Development and the Environment. As a full-time research associate, Andrea will lead a project for GCRI on the ethics of AI and global catastrophic risk. She brings a valuable new perspective to GCRI, and we’re …

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GCRI Receives $200,000 for 2021 Work on AI

Post Date February 24, 2021
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I am delighted to announce that GCRI has received a new $200,000 donation to fund work on AI in 2021 from Gordon Irlam. Irlam had previously made donations funding AI project work conducted in 2020 and 2019.

Irlam explains in his own words why he chose to support our work:

“It isn’t enough that we research technical AGI alignment. Any such technical AGI alignment scheme must then be implemented. This is the domain of AGI policy. GCRI is one of the leading U.S. organizations working on AGI …

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GCRI Welcomes Research Associate Andrea Owe

Post Date February 23, 2021
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GCRI is delighted to announce our newest team member, Andrea Owe. Andrea will work as a research associate, contributing primarily to GCRI’s research on ethics and artificial intelligence.

Andrea holds an M.Phil in Development, Environment and Cultural Change from the Centre for Development and the Environment at the University of Oslo, and a B.A. in Fine Arts from the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague. At the University of Oslo, she was an Arne Næss Stipend holder and researcher at the Arne Næss Programme on …

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In Memory of John Garrick

Post Date February 22, 2021
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Late last year, the field of risk analysis lost a pioneer and longtime leader, B. John Garrick. Garrick helped develop the field, first in the nuclear power industry and then later across a wide range of other domains, including global catastrophic risk. He was also a colleague and a friend of GCRI, who contributed to our work as one of our senior advisors. He will be dearly missed by many, including all of us at GCRI.

As histories of risk analysis document (e.g. this and this), …

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January Newsletter: Insurrection & AGI Survey

Post Date January 28, 2021
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Dear friends,

January 6, 2021 was a dark day in the US. The violent insurrection at the US Capitol was terrible in its own right, but, as we discuss on the GCRI blog, it also had several links to global catastrophic risk, including visions of global genocide against non-whites and systems of disinformation that also undermine the governance of climate change and of the COVID-19 pandemic.

GCRI is nonpartisan, and we welcome constructive contributions from people of all political views. We do not, however, welcome those who …

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