INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Computer scientists agree that artificial intelligence will have a stunning impact on the future of humanity
And more often than not, futurists depict a dystopian outcome & a world where we are at best subservient to machines and at worst
Computer scientist Stuart Russell, one of the world top experts on AI and author of the recently published &Human Compatible: Artificial
Intelligence and the Problem of Control,& will join us at TC Sessions: Robotics - AI (March 3 at UC Berkeley Zellerbach Hall) ), to discuss
how researchers and founders today will determine AI ultimate impact.
At a time when the debate about AI seems to be polarized between the
alarmists predicting the imminent &singularity& and those pooh-poohing the advent of human-level AI, Dr
Russell, a professor of computer science at UC Berkeley, cuts through the debate to argue that we still have time to ensure that the
doomsayers are proven wrong
Russell argues in &Human Compatible,& the key is to ensure that AI designs &will necessarily defer to humans: they will ask permission, they
will accept correction, and they will allow themselves to be switched off.&
Dr
Russell believes that super human-level AI is likely a generation or two away, though he allows that unexpected breakthroughs & like Leo
Szilard totally unexpected breakthrough on nuclear chain reactions in 1933 & could hasten the day
Regardless of the timeline, Dr
Russell argues that the current approach to AI is dangerous to the future of humanity
Russell is literally re-writing his textbook on AI to advance what he has described as a Jeeves-like humility in future AI systems and
spurring related research through organizations like The Center for Human Compatible AI (CHAI).
Join our 4th annual TC Sessions: Robotics -
AI on March 3 at UC Berkeley Zellerbach Hall for a remarkable day with the world top roboticists, investors, founders, and AI engineers
The day features a full day or programming lead by TechCrunch editors on the main stage, a pitch-off competition featuring early-stage
startups, numerous breakout and speaker Q-A sessions, and much more.
Get your early bird pass here
Interested in sponsoring? Please get in touch.
