AI Frontiers Podcast
1) Avoiding an AI Arms Race with Assurance Technologies
A global race to build powerful AI is not inevitable. Here’s how technical solutions can help foster cooperation.
2) We'll Be Arguing for Years Whether Large Language Models Can Make New Scientific Discoveries
This post originally appeared on RAND.
3) The Case for AI Liability
Abandoning liability mechanisms risks creating a dangerous regulatory vacuum.
4) “The Case for AI Liability” by Gabriel Weil
The debate over AI governance has intensified following recent federal proposals for a ten-year moratorium on state AI regulations. This preemptive approach threatens to replace emerging accountabilit...Show More
5) “What if Organizations Ran Themselves?” by Gayan Benedict
One morning in the near future, on far-flung servers many miles from Wall Street, a new type of organization begins buying and selling stock. Its mission: maximize return on investment. It uses a netw...Show More
6) What if Organizations Ran Themselves?
Autonomous AI-enabled organizations are increasingly plausible. They would fundamentally break the way we regulate the economy.
7) How AI Can Prevent Blackouts
For safety-critical domains like energy grids, "probably safe" isn't good enough. To fulfill the potential of AI in these areas, we need to develop more robust, mathematical guarantees of safety.
8) “We’re Not Ready for AI Liability” by Kevin Frazier
A federal judge recently denied a motion to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit against Character.AI and Google, allowing the potentially pathbreaking litigation to proceed. This could be a harbinger of ...Show More
9) We're Not Ready for AI Liability
In the absence of federal legislation, the burden of managing AI risks has fallen to judges and state legislators — actors lacking the tools needed to ensure consistency, enforceability, or fairness.
10) A Glimpse into the Future of AI Companions
AI is increasingly being used for emotional support — but research from OpenAI and MIT raises concerns that it may leave some users feeling even worse.