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A Very Human Answer to One of AI’s Deepest Dilemmas
FromUnder the Cortex
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Length:
13 minutes
Released:
Jan 26, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
Imagine that we designed a fully intelligent, autonomous robot that acted on the world to accomplish its goals. How could we make sure that it would want the same things we do? In her latest presidential column for the APS Observer, APS President Alison Gopnik, who studies learning and development at the University of California, Berkeley, writes about how looking at caregivers who raise human children—the parents and grandparents, babysitters and preschool teachers—might help to make sure that robot’s goals align with human goals. She reads her column in this episode.
Released:
Jan 26, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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