Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2021-08-28
Chris Williamson & Stuart Russell: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #364
The Terrifying Problem Of AI Control - Stuart Russell - #364
Stuart Russell is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of California and an author. Programming machines to do what we want them to is a challenge.
Stuart Russell recommended The Machine Stops by EM. FORSTER, and discussed Reasons and Persons by Derek Parfit.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Reasons and Persons
Discussed“so derek poffett who's a british philosopher um has a book called reasons and persons and and this is one of the arguments uh in the book and he calls it the repugnant conclusion”
Where to get it
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The Machine Stops
Recommended“so e.m foster has a story you know so he usually wrote you know late victorian early edwardian social you know british upper class social issue kinds of novels but um he wrote a science fiction story called the machine stops which i also recommend to your audience”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Human Compatible
“so i think the um the current approach to ai which has been there really since the beginning and in the book human compatible i call it the standard model which is a word that people use in physics to refer to you know all laws of physics that we pretty much agree or write”
Plugged Human Compatible
“uh so the book human compatible is available uh including as an audio book with a very plummy accent”