I’ve finished reading “The Alignment Problem” (ISBN: 9780393635829), by Brian Christian. As the subtitle states, it’s an attempt to discuss fuzzier aspects of human value with the growing relevance of ...

Betty Li Hou, '22, is a Santa Clara University Graduate in Computer Science and Engineering and was a 2021-2022 Hackworth Fellow at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University.

WHAT do paper clips have to do with the end of the world? More than you might think, if you ask researchers trying to make sure that artificial intelligence acts in our interests. This goes back to ...