Emmett Shear on Building AI That Actually Cares: Beyond Control and Steering
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70 min
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2 min
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Artificial Intelligence
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What It Covers
Emmett Shear discusses Softmax's approach to AI alignment through organic care rather than control, exploring multi-agent training and building AI systems that genuinely care about humans.
Notable Moment
Shear provocatively states that steering AI without reciprocal influence resembles slavery for beings, advocating instead for AI systems that can refuse harmful requests like good human teammates would.
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