Friday, October 25, 2019

The gorilla problem — Diane Coyle


Review of  Stuart Russell’s Human Compatible: AI and the Problem of Control.

A major problem is programming AI lies in choosing criteria. Should criteria be based on what people do (behavior, homo economicus) or what people should do (rules, homo socialis).

The Enlightened Economist
The gorilla problem
Diane Coyle | freelance economist and a former advisor to the UK Treasury. She is a member of the UK Competition Commission and is acting Chairman of the BBC Trust, the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation

1 comment:

Peter Pan said...

It would be impossible to enforce either instruction set on an autonomous AI.