"Racing to the Precipice: Models of Risk-Increasing Competition"
Date: Tuesday 3 May
Venue: Littlegate House, Oxford
Situations can arise in which agents face incentives to race to introduce some change even though everybody would be better off if a slower pace was pursued. We are particularly interested in how this phenomenon can arise in technology development, especially in relation to possible future breakthroughs in machine intelligence. In this informal workshop, we will discuss how these kinds of phenomena can arise, how they might be mitigated, and various related issues that may come up during the conversation. Robin Hanson, Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University, and FHI Research Associate, will be our special guest.
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