#63 – Ben Garfinkel on AI Governance
Ben Garfinkel is a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford and Acting Director of the Centre for the Governance of AI
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Show Notes
Ben Garfinkel is a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford and Acting Director of the Centre for the Governance of AI.
In this episode we talk about:
- An overview of AI governance space, and disentangling concrete research questions that Ben would like to see more work on
- Seeing how existing arguments for the risks from transformative AI have held up and Ben’s personal motivations for working on global risks from AI
- GovAI’s own work and opportunities for listeners to get involved
Further reading and a transcript is available on our website: hearthisidea.com/episodes/garfinkel
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