Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence

The Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence (CHAI) is a research center at University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) focusing on advanced artificial intelligence (AI) safety methods. CHAI was founded in 2016 by a group of academics led by UC Berkeley computer science professor and AI author Stuart J. Russell.[1][2] Russell is known for co-authoring the widely used AI textbook Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach.

Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence
Formation2016 (2016)
HeadquartersBerkeley, California
Leader
Stuart J. Russell
Parent organization
University of California, Berkeley
Websitehumancompatible.ai

CHAI's faculty membership includes Bart Selman and Joseph Halpern from Cornell University,[3] Pieter Abbeel from UC Berkeley, and Michael Wellman from the University of Michigan.[4] In 2016, the Open Philanthropy Project (OpenPhil) recommended a grant of $5,555,550 over five years to support CHAI.[5] CHAI received an additional grant of $200,000 from OpenPhil in 2019.[6]

Research

CHAI's approach to AI safety research focuses on value alignment strategies, particularly inverse reinforcement learning, in which the AI infers human values from observing human behavior.[7] It has also worked on modeling human-machine interaction in scenarios where intelligent machines have an "off-switch" that they are capable of overriding.[8]

See also

References
  1. Norris, Jeffrey (Aug 29, 2016). "UC Berkeley launches Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence". Retrieved Dec 27, 2019.
  2. Solon, Olivia (Aug 30, 2016). "The rise of robots: forget evil AI – the real risk is far more insidious". The Guardian. Retrieved Dec 27, 2019.
  3. Cornell University. "Human-Compatible AI". Retrieved Dec 27, 2019.
  4. Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence. "People". Retrieved Dec 27, 2019.
  5. Open Philanthropy Project (Aug 2016). "UC Berkeley — Center for Human-Compatible AI (2016)". Retrieved Dec 27, 2019.
  6. Open Philanthropy Project (Nov 2019). "UC Berkeley — Center for Human-Compatible AI (2019)". Retrieved Dec 27, 2019.
  7. Conn, Ariel (Aug 31, 2016). "New Center for Human-Compatible AI". Future of Life Institute. Retrieved Dec 27, 2019.
  8. Bridge, Mark (June 10, 2017). "Making robots less confident could prevent them taking over".
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