AXRP - the AI X-risk Research Podcast

38.6 - Joel Lehman on Positive Visions of AI


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Typically this podcast talks about how to avert destruction from AI. But what would it take to ensure AI promotes human flourishing as well as it can? Is alignment to individuals enough, and if not, where do we go form here? In this episode, I talk with Joel Lehman about these questions.

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Transcript: https://axrp.net/episode/2025/01/24/episode-38_6-joel-lehman-positive-visions-of-ai.html

FAR.AI: https://far.ai/

FAR.AI on X (aka Twitter): https://x.com/farairesearch

FAR.AI on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FARAIResearch

The Alignment Workshop: https://www.alignment-workshop.com/

 

Topics we discuss, and timestamps:

 01:12 - Why aligned AI might not be enough

04:05 - Positive visions of AI

08:27 - Improving recommendation systems

 

Links:

Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: https://www.amazon.com/Why-Greatness-Cannot-Planned-Objective/dp/3319155237

We Need Positive Visions of AI Grounded in Wellbeing: https://thegradientpub.substack.com/p/beneficial-ai-wellbeing-lehman-ngo

Machine Love: https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.09248

AI Alignment with Changing and Influenceable Reward Functions: https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.17713

 

Episode art by Hamish Doodles: hamishdoodles.com

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