Video: Why robots must share our values

Mar 31, 2015

Stuart Russell

Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Center for Human-Compatible AI, University of California, Berkeley

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“Everything civilization has to offer is the product of our intelligence, so if we can amplify that there is no limit to where the human race can go,” says Stuart Russell from the University of California, Berkeley. But Russell says it’s vital men and machines have a shared set of values.

Author: Stuart Russell is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley

Image: A technician makes adjustments to the “Inmoov” robot. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin.

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