{"655861":{"#nid":"655861","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Power-Seeking AI and X-risk Mitigation (AI Alignment Speaker Series)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA number of leading AI researchers have raised concerns about the existential risk posed by advanced AI, including Stuart Russell (UC Berkeley), Francesca Rossi (IBM), Shane Legg (DeepMind), and Eric Horvitz (Microsoft). In his report \u0026quot;Is power-seeking AI an existential risk?\u0026quot;, Joseph Carlsmith critically examines the case that AI poses an existential risk and attempts to estimate the level of risk, focusing on AI with advanced capability, agentic planning, and strategic awareness. In this talk, Joseph will discuss topics such as when and whether we should expect humans to build AI with these capabilities, the incentives for and against doing so, and the difficulties of aligning AI to human values.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJoseph Carlsmith is a senior research analyst at Open Philanthropy and a doctoral student in philosophy at the University of Oxford.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe are going to livestream the event, and you will receive more information once you RSVP\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca class=\u0022c-link\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/airtable.com\/shr6MJRWiFkFlMChQ?prefill_Event=Are%20we%20in%20the%20most%20important%20century%3F%20%28AI%20Alignment%20Speaker%20Series%29\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 tabindex=\u0022-1\u0022\u003Ehere\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E(you can also place a free order for a vegan meal from Chipotle!)\u003Ca class=\u0022c-link\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/airtable.com\/shr6MJRWiFkFlMChQ?prefill_Event=Are%20we%20in%20the%20most%20important%20century%3F%20%28AI%20Alignment%20Speaker%20Series%29\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 tabindex=\u0022-1\u0022\u003E.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;If you prefer to participate independently, you can register\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca class=\u0022c-link\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/airtable.com\/shrHcggOEIevXv3St\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 tabindex=\u0022-1\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E, and you will receive the Zoom link.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoseph Carlsmith is a senior research analyst at Open Philanthropy and a doctoral student in philosophy at the University of Oxford.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Joseph Carlsmith is a senior research analyst at Open Philanthropy and a doctoral student in philosophy at the University of Oxford."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2022-03-01 14:53:52","changed_gmt":"2022-03-01 14:54:18","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2022-03-10T17:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2022-03-10T18:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2022-03-10T18:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2022-03-10 22:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2022-03-10 23:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2022-03-10 23:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gatech.campuslabs.com\/engage\/organization\/effective-altruism","title":"More Information"},{"url":"https:\/\/gatech.campuslabs.com\/engage\/event\/7951540","title":"RSVP Link"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1791","name":"Student sponsored"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rdigumarthy3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EReethika Digumarthy\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}