Hear it again: This AI learned to be ethical. Sort of.
University of Washington professor Yejin Choi was recently named one of this year's 25 MacArthur Foundation Fellows. This honor is commonly known as the "Genius Grant" and awards an $800,000 stipend for recipients to use on new research.
Choi works on artificial intelligence, and earlier this year Soundside spoke with her about an AI she helped build called "Ask Delphi."
Much like the ancient Greek oracle you can ask Delphi big, thorny questions involving a range of moral judgments. Delphi will then give you an answer based on moral norms it learned by combing human ethics arguments online.
In light of the MacArthur news, we want to revisit that conversation today.
You can hear the full original interview here.
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Libby Denkmann
Host, Soundside
Libby Denkmann joined KUOW in December 2021 as the host of the midday show Soundside. She’s a native Pacific Northwesterner who grew up in Redmond, graduated from the University of Washington, and covered local news as a producer and reporter with KIRO Radio.
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Alec Cowan
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Alec Cowan is a producer for Soundside. His interests have brought many eclectic stories to the program, and his segments gravitate toward history, technology, arts and culture, and the environment. He's proud to be KUOW's unofficial "boat guy."
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