Research points to ways that machine-learning programs could be tricked into doing unwanted things.

Baidu, the Chinese company operating a search engine, a mobile browser, and other web services, is announcing today the launch of SwiftScribe, a web app that's meant to help people transcribe audio recordings more quickly, using -- you guessed it! -- arti... (more…)

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tl;dr: Artificial intelligence is likely to become more powerful than humans some day. Most superintelligent systems will by default develop instrumental subgoals that conflict with human interests. This could have catastrophic consequences. If we don't a... (more…)

State-controlled corporations are developing powerful artificial intelligence... (more…)