THE VIDEO SHELF · ai safety
Avoiding Negative Side Effects: Concrete Problems in AI Safety part 1
Robert Miles introduces the first of several videos on the paper 'Concrete Problems in AI Safety', focusing on how AI systems can cause accidental negative side effects. It explains the problem in accessible terms.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends Robert Miles' channel as a clear starting point for people curious about AI safety.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Robert Miles AI Safety
- Topic
- ai safety
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2023
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From the original HN conversations
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For those curious about AI safety I heavily recommend Robert Miles channel on YouTube. He has lot of good content describing out the challenges we face when trying to create safe AI. Here is one potential starting point: [VIDEO]
jononor on Hacker News · 2023-01
In Not worried about AI that passes Turing test, but AI that fails it on purposeThis highlights an interesting general point - in many situations, there is no simple safe fallback policy. On a highway, an emergency stop is not safe. This is a general problem in AI safety and is covered nicely in this youtube video, as well as …
nmca on Hacker News · 2018-05
In Uber Self-Driving Car That Struck Pedestrian Wasn’t Set to Stop in an Emergency
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