Safety Fundamentals of Generative AI

Course Description

Helen Toner defines AI Safety as follows: “AI safety focuses on technical solutions to ensure that AI systems operate safely and reliably.”

AI safety is an interdisciplinary field concerned with preventing accidents, misuse or other harmful consequences that could result from AI systems. It encompasses machine ethics and AI alignment (which aim to make AI systems moral and beneficial), monitoring AI systems for risks and making them highly reliable. Further, it also involves developing norms and policies that promote safety.

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