Guest Lecturer: Jaan Tallinn

Title: "Toy Models of Superintelligence Control Problem"

Time: 4:00PM

Where:Marston Exploration Theater in ISTB4 on ASU Tempe campus| Click HERE for a map of ASU.

Seating: Seats are open to reservation holders on a first come, first-served basis and only to the person(s) present at registration.

Doors Open: Approximately 3:30PM

Abstract:

Recently many AI experts have warned that the creation of human-level AI could go horribly wrong and spell the end of humanity. This tends to cause a lot of confusion as people (including AI developers!) scramble to imagine a human level AI and shoehorn concepts from human psychology (such as "volition" and "evil intent") to AI. The issue becomes much clearer when, instead of modelling AI as a very smart human, we look at simple toy models of multi-agent systems that also exhibit many of the problems that said AI experts have warned us about.

Biography:

Jaan Tallinn is a founding engineer of Skype and Kazaa. He is a co-founder of the Cambridge Centre for Existential Risk (cser.org), Future of Life Institute (futureoflife.org), and philanthropically supports other existential risk research organizations. He is also a partner at Ambient Sound Investments (asi.ee), an active angel investor, and has served on the Estonian President's Academic Advisory Board.

Cost: Free & open to the public

RSVP List: Reservations do not guarantee seating. Seats are open to reservation holders on a first come, first-served basis and only to the person(s) present at registration. We recommend arriving by 3:40PM to ensure a seat. We will be opening up seats to non-RSVP’ed guests by 3:50PM.

Questions: Please feel free to contact us via email at deepthought@asu.edu or by calling us at 480-965-3860