Algorithms are shaping the present and will shape the future ever more strongly. It is crucially important that these powerful algorithms be aligned – that they act in the interests of their designers, their users, and humanity as a whole. Failure to align them could lead to catastrophic results.

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Aligned AI is a benefit corporation dedicated to solving the alignment problem – for all types of algorithms and AIs, from simple recommender systems to hypothetical superintelligences. The fruits of this research will then be available to companies building AI, to ensure that their algorithms serve the best interests of their users and themselves, and do not cause them legal, reputational, or ethical problems.

Our long experience in the field of AI safety has identified the two key bottlenecks for solving alignment: deducing human values, and value transfer and extrapolation. Using the funds raised for this company, we will hire top-quality researchers, programmers, and software engineers, and work though our research plan to solve the alignment problem.

This webinar, hosted by Rohit Talwar of Fast Future and David Wood of London Futurists, with support from the UK node of the Millennium Project, continues these organisations' joint project to explore and understand the rise and implications of AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). The speaker will be Stuart Armstrong, Co-founder and Chief Research Officer of Aligned AI.

Stuart will be explaining why alignment has fundamental importance for the future of AI, the approach taken by Aligned AI, and opportunities for collaboration.