Stuart Russell: 3 principles for creating safer AI
How can we harness the power of superintelligent AI while also preventing the catastrophe of robotic takeover? As we move closer toward creating all-knowing machines, AI pioneer Stuart Russell is working on something a bit different: robots with uncertainty. Hear his vision for human-compatible AI that can solve problems using common sense, altr...
TED-Ed: How will AI change the world?
In the coming years, artificial intelligence is probably going to change your life— and likely the entire world. But people have a hard time agreeing on exactly how AI will affect our society. Can we build AI systems that help us fix the world? Or are we doomed to a robotic takeover? Explore the limitations of artificial intelligence and the pos...
Sam Harris: Can we build AI without losing control over it?
Scared of superintelligent AI? You should be, says neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris -- and not just in some theoretical way. We're going to build superhuman machines, says Harris, but we haven't yet grappled with the problems associated with creating something that may treat us the way we treat ants.
Russell Streeter: When Your Child is Sick: Ask. Challenge. Talk.
When Russell's daughter was diagnosed with Leukaemia at a young age, the gruelling treatment tested their bonds as a family and changed their outlook on life forever. His talk is a powerful and emotional story about caring for a seriously ill child, of the challenges they faced and the lessons they learned. He discusses how parental input into m...