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Friendly ai

As explained in Sutskever's List

Friendly AI is the concept of an artificial intelligence system designed to remain beneficial and compatible with human interests.

Friendly AI is an AI system intended not to harm humans. In the context of superintelligence, the central concern is that immense capability can produce very different outcomes depending on whether its goals are good or misguided. section 9.2.6

Keeping goal specification under human control and separating an agent’s reward from its goal are proposed safeguards; the latter is meant to avoid wireheading. A broader research program would support safe, constructive deployment. section 9.2.6

How Sutskever's List covers it

How deep it goes
Defines the aim and names proposed safeguards, but does not detail how to engineer a Friendly AI.
Examples
Uses a friendly AIXI-based framework and reward-goal separation to illustrate safety approaches.
What you can do after
Evaluate safety proposals by considering human control of goals and separation of reward from goals.
How it connects
Connects Friendly AI to superintelligence, AIXI, goal specification, reward, and wireheading.

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