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The Alignment Problem and AGI Ethics
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The idea of the alignment problem is useful when thinking about the ethics of creating AGI, similar to how the trolley problem is useful for autonomous vehicles. Reading books like Program or Be Programmed by Douglas Ross can help individuals understand the importance of becoming programmers in some form.

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Douglas Ross argues that in order to maintain control over technology, individuals must become programmers themselves, rather than being controlled by the machines and software developed by others.
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Technology
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Douglas Ross argues that in order to maintain control over technology, individuals must become programmers themselves, rather than being controlled by the machines and software developed by others.

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The Alignment Problem and AGI Ethics
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#144 – Michael Littman: Reinforcement Learning and the Future of AI
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Lex Fridman Podcast
The book does a great job of describing AI technology and its ethical implications, providing a thought experiment to reflect on human moral systems, and offering insight into ourselves through understanding how we engineer these things.
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AI Ethics
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The book does a great job of describing AI technology and its ethical implications, providing a thought experiment to reflect on human moral systems, and offering insight into ourselves through understanding how we engineer these things. It also delves into the history of recent developments in the field of AI.

Chapter
The Alignment Problem and AGI Ethics
Episode
#144 – Michael Littman: Reinforcement Learning and the Future of AI
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast