Amanda Askell
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Philosopher at Anthropic working on finetuning and AI alignment, as of 2024; previously a research scientist on OpenAI's policy team, with a PhD in philosophy…
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Identifying a harm in an AI system does not show that the system should not be deployed. (opens korrents.com)
“So it's a mistake to assume that if we identify a pro tanto harm from an AI system, it must be the case that someone has done something wrong, something needs to be done to correct it, or the system shouldn't be…”
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All-things-considered judgments in AI ethics will often require a complex evaluation of many factors. (opens korrents.com)
“Since we can't be certain about any one moral theory and since we have to try to represent a plurality of views, coming to all things considered judgments in AI ethics will often require a fairly complex evaluation of…”
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Being robustly tolerable matters most when the expected costs of failure are high. (opens korrents.com)
“Being robustly tolerable is not a particularly valuable trait when the expected costs of failure are low, but it's an extremely valuable trait when the expected costs of failure are high.”
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Identifying a harm in an AI system does not show that the system should not be deployed. (opens korrents.com)