Brian Christian · W. W. Norton & Company · wwnorton.com
Drawing on interviews with researchers, explores how machine-learning systems can end up at odds with what their makers intend and with human values, and the work to align them.
Worth knowing: Written before ChatGPT, so its examples predate today's chatbots.
BookOct 8, 2019For the curious
Stuart Russell · Penguin Random House · penguinrandomhouse.com
A leading AI researcher explains why machines built to pursue fixed objectives could slip out of human control, and proposes AI that stays uncertain about what we want so that it defers to us.
Worth knowing: Written in 2019, before today's chatbots.
BookJul 3, 2014For the curious
Nick Bostrom · Oxford University Press · global.oup.com
The philosophical book that brought AI risk to wide attention: how AI smarter than humans might arise, why it could be hard to control, and what strategies might help.
Worth knowing: Written in 2014, before the current generation of AI systems.