ESil Origins - ‘February 24 ~ 26, 2017 PROJECT An Origins Project Scientific Workshop Challenges of Artificial Intelligence:
Envisioning and Addressing Adverse Outcomes
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
systems. Effective meaningful human control faces challenges with the interpretation and fusion of sensor signals and the understanding of humans of Al pattern recognition and inference.
DISCUSSION
What methods, international norms, agreements, communication protocols, regulatory activity, etc. might be harnessed to minimize challenges with destabilizations around time-criticality, automation, and gaming? How can meaningful human control be assured/inserted into key aspects of decision making?
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