Over the course of this workshop, we'll explore:
– Superintelligence: What it means for an AI system to surpass human intelligence across domains, and how this differs from today's AI.
– Power and Control: Why advanced AI could wield enormous economic, political, and strategic influence.
– Misalignment risks: How systems pursuing the wrong objectives could cause harm even without malicious intent.
– Societal Choices: How decisions made today may shape weather AI becomes a tool we controls or a force we struggle to contain.
This workshop is for:
– A clear, non-technical introduction to core ideas from AI safety and existential risks.
– Live demonstrations of current AI capabilities, to ground abstract concerns in real systems.
– Small-group discussions and thought experiments that connect AI risks to everyday life, institutions, and incentives.
– A better mental model for evaluating headlines, hype, and claims about AI progress.
Speaker(s): , Kilian
Agenda:
Topics Explored
– What is AI / AGI / ASI
– History & Progress
– The Path to AGI
– Risks & Benifits
– Instrumental Convergance
– Self Preservation & Goal Preservation
– Resource Aquisition
– AI Alignment
– AI Control
– Loss of Control
Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/561283