Date: November 3, 2023 Title: Existential Risk from the Artificial Will Speaker: Dr Dmitri Gallow, Dianoia Institute of Philosophy Chair: Dr Frank Hong, The University of Hong Kong Abstract: I explain and motivate the shutdown problem: the problem of designing artificial agents that (1) shut down when a shutdown-button is pressed, (2) don’t try to prevent …
Date: November 17, 2023 Title: The Shutdown Problem: An AI Engineering Puzzle for Decision Theorists Speaker: Dr Elliott Thornley, University of Oxford Chair: Dr Frank Hong, The University of Hong Kong Abstract: I explain and motivate the shutdown problem: the problem of designing artificial agents that (1) shut down when a shutdown-button is pressed, (2) don’t try …
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Date: February 23, 2024 (Friday) Speaker: Ms Karen Hao, Journalist Chair: Dr Frank Hong, The University of Hong Kong Abstract: If European colonialism was characterized by the violent capture of land, extraction of resources, and exploitation of people for the economic enrichment of the conquering country, the AI industry is now using more insidious means …
Date: November 24, 2023 Title: Artificial Intelligence and Control of Humanity’s Future Speaker: Dr William D’Alessandro, University of Oxford Chair: Dr Frank Hong, The University of Hong Kong Abstract: Current machine learning models perform many cognitive tasks at or beyond human level; future AI may outstrip us in every meaningful way. Under these circumstances, we’ll face …
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Date: February 2, 2024 (Friday) Speaker: Prof Sven Nyholm, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München Chair: Dr Frank Hong, The University of Hong Kong Abstract: In my presentation, I will first offer a general argument for why artificial intelligence (AI) might give rise to gaps in responsibility. I will then distinguish between what I call positive …
Date: January 10-11, 2024 Organizers: AI & Humanity Lab, Program on Artificial Intelligence and the Law Website: here
Date: November 21-22, 2023 (Tuesday, Thursday) The workshop explores the following questions: Can a large language model be a cognitive and linguistic agent (in the way that humans are agents)? Can there be such a thing as AI well-being? If the answers are yes, what are the implications? AI, Consciousness, Emotions, Intelligence, and Moral Standing …