38.6 - Joel Lehman on Positive Visions of AI

Typically this podcast talks about how to avert destruction from AI. But what would it take to ensure AI promotes human flourishing as well as it can? Is alignment to individuals enough, and if not, where do we go form here? In this episode, I talk with Joel Lehman about these questions.
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Topics we discuss, and timestamps:
01:12 - Why aligned AI might not be enough
04:05 - Positive visions of AI
08:27 - Improving recommendation systems

Links:
Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: amazon.com/Why-Greatness-Cannot-Planned-Object…
We Need Positive Visions of AI Grounded in Wellbeing: thegradientpub.substack.com/p/beneficial-ai-we…
Machine Love: arxiv.org/abs/2302.09248
AI Alignment with Changing and Influenceable Reward Functions: arxiv.org/abs/2405.17713

Episode art by Hamish Doodles: hamishdoodles.com