Into AI Safety

Join me for round 2 with Dr. Peter Park, an AI Existential Safety Postdoctoral Fellow working with Dr. Max Tegmark at MIT. Dr. Park was a cofounder of StakeOut.AI, a non-profit focused on making AI go well for humans, along with Harry Luk and one other individual, whose name has been removed due to requirements of her current position.In addition to the normal links, I wanted to include the links to the petitions that Dr. Park mentions during the podcast. Note that the nonprofit which began these petitions, StakeOut.AI, has been dissolved.Right AI Laws, to Right Our Future: Support Artificial Intelligence Safety Regulations NowIs Deepfake Illegal? Not Yet! Ban Deepfakes to Protect Your Family & Demand Deepfake LawsBan Superintelligence: Stop AI-Driven Human Extinction Risk
00:00:54 - Intro00:02:34 - Battleground 1: Copyright00:06:28 - Battleground 2: Moral Critique of AI Collaborationists00:08:15 - Rich Sutton00:20:41 - OpenAI Drama00:34:28 - Battleground 3: Contract Negotiations for AI Ban Clauses00:37:57 - Tesla, Autopilot, and FSD00:40:02 - Recycling00:47:40 - Battleground 4: New Laws and Policies00:50:00 - Battleground 5: Whistleblower Protections00:53:07 - Whistleblowing on Microsoft00:54:43 - Andrej Karpathy & Exercises in Empathy01:05:57 - OutroLinks to all articles/papers which are mentioned throughout the episode can be found below, in order of their appearance.StakeOut.AIThe Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I. Use of Copyrighted WorkSusman Godfrey LLPRich SuttonReinforcement Learning: An Introduction (textbook)AI Succession (presentation by Rich Sutton)The Alberta Plan for AI Research Moore's LawThe Future of Integrated Electronics (original paper)Computer History Museum's entry on Moore's LawStochastic gradient descent (SGD) on WikipediaOpenAI DramaMax Read's Substack postZvi Mowshowitz's Substack series, in order of postingOpenAI: Facts from a WeekendOpenAI: The Battle of the BoardOpenAI: Altman ReturnsOpenAI: Leaks Confirm the Story ← best singular post in the seriesOpenAI: The Board ExpandsOfficial OpenAI announcementWGA on WikipediaSAG-AFTRA on WikipediaTesla's False AdvertisingTesla's response to the DMV's false-advertising allegations: What took so long?Tesla Tells California DMV that FSD Is Not Capable of Autonomous DrivingWhat to Call Full Self-Driving When It Isn't Full Self-Driving?Tesla fired an employee after he posted driverless tech reviews on YouTubeTesla's page on Autopilot and Full Self-DrivingRecyclingBoulder County Recycling Center Stockpiles Accurately Sorted Recyclable MaterialsOut of sight, out of mindBoulder Eco-Cycle Recycling GuidelinesDivide-and-Conquer Dynamics in AI-Driven DisempowermentMicrosoft WhistleblowerWhistleblowers call out AI's flawsShane's LinkedIn postLetters sent by JonesKarpathy announces departure from OpenAI

Show Notes

Join me for round 2 with Dr. Peter Park, an AI Existential Safety Postdoctoral Fellow working with Dr. Max Tegmark at MIT. Dr. Park was a cofounder of StakeOut.AI, a non-profit focused on making AI go well for humans, along with Harry Luk and one other individual, whose name has been removed due to requirements of her current position.

In addition to the normal links, I wanted to include the links to the petitions that Dr. Park mentions during the podcast. Note that the nonprofit which began these petitions, StakeOut.AI, has been dissolved.
Right AI Laws, to Right Our Future: Support Artificial Intelligence Safety Regulations Now
Is Deepfake Illegal? Not Yet! Ban Deepfakes to Protect Your Family & Demand Deepfake Laws
Ban Superintelligence: Stop AI-Driven Human Extinction Risk

00:00:54 - Intro
00:02:34 - Battleground 1: Copyright
00:06:28 - Battleground 2: Moral Critique of AI Collaborationists
00:08:15 - Rich Sutton
00:20:41 - OpenAI Drama
00:34:28 - Battleground 3: Contract Negotiations for AI Ban Clauses
00:37:57 - Tesla, Autopilot, and FSD
00:40:02 - Recycling
00:47:40 - Battleground 4: New Laws and Policies
00:50:00 - Battleground 5: Whistleblower Protections
00:53:07 - Whistleblowing on Microsoft
00:54:43 - Andrej Karpathy & Exercises in Empathy
01:05:57 - Outro

Links to all articles/papers which are mentioned throughout the episode can be found below, in order of their appearance.

Creators & Guests

Editor
Chase Precopia
Guest
Dr. Peter S. Park
AI Existential Safety Postdoctoral Fellow @MIT, @Tegmark Lab. @Harvard PhD '23, @Princeton '17. Alum of @JoHenrich Lab. Studies cognition (both human and AI).

What is Into AI Safety?

The Into AI Safety podcast aims to make it easier for everyone, regardless of background, to get meaningfully involved with the conversations surrounding the rules and regulations which should govern the research, development, deployment, and use of the technologies encompassed by the term "artificial intelligence" or "AI"

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