Category Archives: Artificial Intelligence

Towards AIs with Deep “Human-Compatible” Values

Advances in generative artificial intelligence (AI) have led to much public discussion about AI risks, guardrails, and calls to regulate AI. A major concern is that AIs are dangerous because they lack human-compatible values. Meanwhile, there has been surprisingly little … Continue reading

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Roots and Requirements for Collaborative AIs

The vision of AIs as human-like collaborators is a staple of mythology and science fiction, where artificial agents with special talents assist human partners and teams. In this vision, sophisticated AIs understand nuances of collaboration and human communication. The AI … Continue reading

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What AIs are not Learning (and Why)

It is hard to make robots (including telerobots) that are useful, and harder to make autonomous robots that are general and robust. Current robots are created using mathematical models, planning frameworks, reinforcement learning, and manual programming. These methods do not … Continue reading

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Bootstrapping Developmental AIs

Developmental AI creates embodied AIs that develop human-like abilities. In a bootstrapping approach to developmental AI, the AIs start with innate competences and learn more by interacting with the world including people. Developmental AIs have been demonstrated, but their abilities … Continue reading

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