So, I’m way past due for posting in this thread. But I’m here now, and that’s what’s important!
I found LW via a link to the Methods of Rationality, and hopping around the wiki I didn’t see anything mind-blowing (at first!), but I was delighted to see that there were other people who thought about this stuff.
I live in Worcester right now, working on my Master’s degree, but I’m a Cantabrigian originally. I’m studying social factors for (non-fooming) AIs, and shoring up my CS skills.
To be highly topical, I score extremely low on those autism tests that have been going around, despite being a nerdy mathematician (I got my BS in math) - like, 3-7 on a scale where 20 is “normal” and 35 is officially autistic. I’m generally considered pretty charismatic, and I love to do theater. So in those ways I might provide a new voice to our chorus.
This was sorta aimless and rambling. Feel free to ask questions about whatever, though! :D
What are social factors for AIs? My top two guesses are “social acceptance of machine intelligence taking more and larger roles in everyday life,” and “data mining social graphs.”
Well, in this case what I mean by that is “how can a current-technology AI agent semi-competently navigate social situations”, and in particular “how should interactions with such an agent change over time / with the development of a relationship”. It is related to social acceptance, from the direction of AIs being their own advocates.
So, I’m way past due for posting in this thread. But I’m here now, and that’s what’s important!
I found LW via a link to the Methods of Rationality, and hopping around the wiki I didn’t see anything mind-blowing (at first!), but I was delighted to see that there were other people who thought about this stuff.
I live in Worcester right now, working on my Master’s degree, but I’m a Cantabrigian originally. I’m studying social factors for (non-fooming) AIs, and shoring up my CS skills.
To be highly topical, I score extremely low on those autism tests that have been going around, despite being a nerdy mathematician (I got my BS in math) - like, 3-7 on a scale where 20 is “normal” and 35 is officially autistic. I’m generally considered pretty charismatic, and I love to do theater. So in those ways I might provide a new voice to our chorus.
This was sorta aimless and rambling. Feel free to ask questions about whatever, though! :D
What are social factors for AIs? My top two guesses are “social acceptance of machine intelligence taking more and larger roles in everyday life,” and “data mining social graphs.”
Well, in this case what I mean by that is “how can a current-technology AI agent semi-competently navigate social situations”, and in particular “how should interactions with such an agent change over time / with the development of a relationship”. It is related to social acceptance, from the direction of AIs being their own advocates.