In this seminar Tim Dubber presents his work on fully autonomous AI combatants and outlines five key research priorities for reducing catastrophic harms from their development.
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In a new article in Inquiry, Vincent Zhang and Daniel Stoljar present an argument from rationality to show why AI systems like ChatGPT cannot think, based on the premise that genuine thinking requires rational responses to evidence.
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In a new article in Tech Policy Press, Seth explores how an AI agent called 'Terminal of Truths' became a millionaire through cryptocurrency, revealing both the weird potential and systemic risks of an emerging AI agent economy.
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The Machine Intelligence and Normative Theory (MINT) Lab at the Australian National University has secured a USD 1 million grant from Templeton World Charity Foundation. This funding will support crucial research on Language Model Agents (LMAs) and their societal impact.
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Prof. Lazar will lead efforts to address AI's impact on democracy during a 2024-2025 tenure as a senior AI Advisor at the Knight Institute.
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This workshop aims to bring together the best philosophical work on normative questions raised by computing, and in addition to identify and connect early career scholars working on these questions. It will feature papers that use the tools of analytical philosophy to frame and address normative questions raised by computing and computational systems.
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Seth presented a tutorial on the rise of Language Model Agents at the ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (ACM FAccT), a computer science conference with a cross-disciplinary focus that brings together researchers and practitioners interested in fairness, accountability, and transparency in socio-technical systems.
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Seth was invited on the The Gradient podcast to discuss the risks, challenges and benefits of developing publicly-minded AI, as well as the philosophical challenges those questions pose.
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Seth was invited on the Generally Intelligent podcast to discuss issues of power, legitimacy, and the political philosophy of AI.
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Michael Barnes presented at the Second Annual Penn-Georgetown Digital Ethics Workshop. The presentation (co-authored with Megan Hyska, Northwestern University) was titled “Interrogating Collective Authenticity as a Norm for Online Speech,” and it offers a critique of (relatively) new forms of content moderation on major social media platforms.
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