#297 - Brian Christian - The Alignment Problem: AI's Scary Challenge

<p>Brian Christian is a programmer, researcher and an author.</p> <p>You have a computer system, you want it to do X, you give it a set of examples and you say "do that" - what could go wrong? Well, lots apparently, and the implications are pretty scary.</p> <p>Expect to learn why it's so hard to code an artificial intelligence to do what we actually want it to, how a robot cheated at the game of football, why human biases can be absorbed by AI systems, the most effective way to teach machines to learn, the danger if we don't get the alignment problem fixed and much more...</p> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p> <p class="p1">Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at <a href= "https://puresportcbd.com/modernwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://puresportcbd.com/modernwisdom</span></a> (use code: MW20)</p> <p class="p1">Get perfect teeth 70% cheaper than other invisible aligners from DW Aligners at <a href= "http://dwaligners.co.uk/modernwisdom"><span class= "s1">http://dwaligners.co.uk/modernwisdom</span></a></p> <p class="p1"><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Extra Stuff:</strong></p> <p>Buy The Alignment Problem - <a href= "https://amzn.to/3ty6po7">https://amzn.to/3ty6po7</a></p> <p>Follow Brian on Twitter - <a href= "https://twitter.com/brianchristian">https://twitter.com/brianchristian</a> </p> <p><a href="https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/">Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity →</a> <a href= "https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/">https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/</a></p> <p>To support me on Patreon (thank you): <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom</span></a></p> <p class="p1">-</p> <p class="p1"><strong>Get in touch. </strong>Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast">MW