As Above, So Below: Alchemy, AI Safety, and RLHF

Tom and Nate discuss a few core topics of the show. First, we touch base on the core of the podcast -- the difference between empirical science, alchemy, and magic. Next, we explain some of our deeper understandings of AI safety as a field, then that leads into a discussion of what RLHF means.

Lot's of links to share this time:

• Tom's coverage on alchemy in VentureBeat, and an active thread on Twitter.
• As Above, So Below: a calling of alchemy,
• A NeurIPs test of time award speech on alchemy,
• A bizarre Facebook debate between Yoshua Bengio and Stuart Russell,

Creators & Guests

Host

Nathan Lambert

RLHF researcher and author of Interconnects.ai blog

Host

Thomas Krendl Gilbert

AI Ethicists and co-host of The Retort.

What is The Retort AI Podcast?

Distilling the major events and challenges in the world of artificial intelligence and machine learning, from Thomas Krendl Gilbert and Nathan Lambert.