What is the AI alignment problem and how can it be solved?

Website of ChatGPT 4 on a smartphone. AI chatbot on OpenAI website. Afyonkarahisar, Turkey - April 3, 2023.; Shutterstock ID 2284532473; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Shutterstock/Emre Akkoyun WHAT do paper clips have to do with the end of the world? More than you might think, if you ask researchers trying to make sure that artificial intelligence acts in our interests. This goes back to 2003, when Nick Bostrom, a philosopher at the University of Oxford, posed a thought experiment. Imagine …

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Will China’s algorithm crackdown serve its citizens or the state?

By Matthew Sparkes The Chinese government has an uneasy relationship with the nation’s tech firms REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration China has drafted powerful new legislation that would control how businesses use data to target advertising, curate social media feeds and recommend content. The government says the move will safeguard national security and protect citizens’ rights, but critics …

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