Moral Consideration of Nonhumans in the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

Post Date June 07, 2021
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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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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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February Newsletter: Welcoming Andrea Owe

Post Date February 26, 2021
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Dear friends,

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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October Newsletter: AI Governance Call For Papers

Post Date October 15, 2020
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Dear friends,

I am editing a new special issue on “Governance of Artificial Intelligence” for the journal Information. The call for papers is online here. Please see details below. Please feel free to circulate this among others who may be interested.

Information is an open access journal with an author processing charge. GCRI is able to cover the author processing charge for a limited number of submissions. Interested authors should contact me directly about this.

Sincerely,Seth Baum,Executive Director

Call For Papers: Governance of Artificial Intelligence

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/information/special_issues/Governance_AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is …

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Call For Papers: Governance of Artificial Intelligence

Post Date October 12, 2020
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GCRI Executive Director Seth Baum is editor of a new special issue of the journal Information on Governance of Artificial Intelligence. The special issue welcomes manuscripts on all aspects of the governance of AI. Details below.

Note that Information is an open access journal with an author processing charge. GCRI is able to cover the author processing charge for a limited number of submissions. Interested authors should contact Baum directly about this.

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is playing an increasingly important role in human affairs and in …

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July Newsletter: Artificial Interdisciplinarity

Post Date July 31, 2020
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Dear friends, 

A major impediment to addressing global catastrophic risk is the cognitive challenge posed by the complex, interdisciplinary nature of the risks. Identifying practical, effective solutions for reducing the risk requires a command of a wide range of subjects. That is not easy for anyone, including those of us who work on it full time. 

This month, we announce a new paper on the use of artificial intelligence to ease the cognitive burdens of interdisciplinary research and better address complex societal problems like global catastrophic risk. …

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Summary of January-July 2020 Advising and Collaboration Program

Post Date July 30, 2020
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In January, GCRI put out an open call for people interested in seeking our advice or collaborating on projects with us. This was a continuation of last year’s successful advising and collaboration program. We anticipate conducting a second round of the program later in 2020. The 2020 programs are made possible by generous support from Gordon Irlam.

This first 2020 program focused on a number of AI projects that are also supported by Irlam. Program participants were mostly people interested in AI risk, ethics, and policy. …

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Artificial Interdisciplinarity: Artificial Intelligence for Research on Complex Societal Problems

Post Date July 28, 2020
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One major challenge in making progress on global catastrophic risk is its interdisciplinarity. Understanding how best to address the risk requires input from risk analysis, public policy, social science, ethics, and a variety of other fields pertaining to specific risks, such as astronomy for asteroid risk and computer science for artificial intelligence (AI) risk. Working across all these disparate fields is a very difficult challenge for human minds. This paper explores the use …

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