New Kavli Center at UC Berkeley to foster ethics, engagement in science

Stuart Russell is giving this year&#x27;s Reith Lectures from the BBC (one of the reasons I enjoy paying tv tax in this country). The first one was on AI in warfare, and it was interesting even just to hear &quot;the other side&quot;, i.e. the military perspective on where they see AI actually being applied today and tomorrow. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.co.uk&#x2F;programmes&#x2F;m001216k" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.co.uk&#x2F;programmes&#x2F;m001216k</a>

Recommend Russel&#x27;s Human Compatible. Three principles to guide AI development:<p>1. The machine&#x27;s only objective is to maximize the realization of human preferences.<p>2. The machine is initially uncertain about what those preferences are but then is.<p>3. The ultimate source of information about human preferences is human behavior.

Technologists&#x27; cliché lack of social skills is a major ethical hazard in the world of technological innovation. We have engineers designing systems to interact with humans, but those engineers don&#x27;t understand the relevant interpersonal forces and dynamics. If you want more ethical systems, raise conscious and sociable children who become engineers.

Ethics, a powerful negotiating tool. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gocomics.com&#x2F;doonesbury&#x2F;1986&#x2F;08&#x2F;10" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gocomics.com&#x2F;doonesbury&#x2F;1986&#x2F;08&#x2F;10</a>