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Artificial Intelligence, Values, and Alignment

Gabriel, Iason (2020)

One-Sentence Thesis

The paper defends three propositions regarding AI alignment, including the interrelation of normative and technical aspects, the importance of clarifying the goal of alignment, and the need to identify fair principles for alignment.

Argument Outline

  1. 1Introduction to AI alignment and its challenges
  2. 2The interrelation of normative and technical aspects of AI alignment
  3. 3The importance of clarifying the goal of alignment, including different approaches such as utilitarian, Kantian, and human direction
  4. 4The need to identify fair principles for alignment, considering the diversity of moral beliefs and values

Key Distinctions

Normative vs. technical aspects of AI alignment
Minimalist vs. maximalist conceptions of value alignment
Consequentialist vs. non-consequentialist moral frameworks

Key Terms

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
The design of artificial agents that perceive their environment and make decisions to maximize the chances of achieving a goal
Value Alignment
The goal of ensuring that powerful AI is properly aligned with human values
Reinforcement Learning (RL)
A type of machine learning where an agent learns to maximize a numerical reward signal from the environment

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