A review of What Is Life?: Evolution by Computation, and What Is Intelligence?: Lessons from AI about Evolution, Computing, and Minds, by Blaise Agüera y Arcas
A conversation with Blaise Aguera y Arcas (Google) and Michael Levin (Tufts University) about two recente papers on the computational foundations of life and intelligence.
A conversation with Maggie Jackson, author of Uncertain
A research review of The Alignment Problem by Brian Christian.
What it’s about: How researchers and engineers align machines and humans and what kinds of things go wrong.
Why It Matters: AI alignment is one of the most important and difficult scientific and philosophical challenges today.
Highlight: Comprehensive, deeply researched guide to the state of the art and science.
Read it if: You want to get up to speed on AI alignment in one place.
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Writing and Conversations About AI (Not Written by AI)
