AI safety research on NPR
July 16, 2015
Max Tegmark
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I just had the pleasure of discussing our new AI safety research program on National Public Radio. I was fortunate to be joined by two of the winners of our grants competition: CMU roboticist Manuela Veloso and Tom Dietterich, president of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.
This content was first published at futureoflife.org on July 16, 2015.
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