AI Politics
Bill Hibbard
University of Wisconsin
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/
AI Politics is Inevitable
Sub-human level AI will take jobs
Growing income inequality
Privacy concerns
Military AI
Financial market instability
What is SIAI's Position on Politics?
Yudkowsky's hostility to politics
Kurzweil dismisses politics
Emerson, Atkins against politics
Default position is against politics
SIAI should make position explicit
Good Politics Require Public Movement
"SIAI will do AI first & safe" is unrealistic
SIAI should lead public movement
SIAI Singularity Summits, etc
Consumer & environmental movements
Weapons control movement
Yudkowsky / Legg on provably friendly AI
Legg: cannot prove what an AI will achieve physically.
Yudkowsky: only trying to prove intentions.
But intentions must have physical implementation.