One obstacle to applying reinforcement learning algorithms to real-world problems is the
lack of suitable reward functions. Designing such reward functions is difficult in part because …

Artificial general intelligence (AGI) promises transformative societal changes but poses
safety and containment challenges. Large language models such as ChatGPT have …

Rapid progress in machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) has brought increasing
attention to the potential impacts of AI technologies on society. In this paper we discuss one …

In this work, we present and analyze reported failures of artificially intelligent systems and
extrapolate our analysis to future AIs. We suggest that both the frequency and the …

Artificially intelligent (AI) systems have ushered in a transformative era across various
domains, yet their inherent traits of unpredictability, unexplainability, and uncontrollability …

Delving into the deeply enigmatic nature of Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI: Unexplainable,
Unpredictable, Uncontrollable explores the various reasons why the field is so challenging …

Superintelligence is a hypothetical agent that possesses intelligence far surpassing that of
the brightest and most gifted human minds. In light of recent advances in machine …

Primitive software chatbots emerged in the 1960s, evolving swiftly through the decades and
becoming able to provide engaging human-to-computer interactions sometime in the 1990s …

The young field of AI Safety is still in the process of identifying its challenges and limitations.
In this paper, we formally describe one such impossibility result, namely Unpredictability of …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain to readers how intelligent systems can fail
and how artificial intelligence (AI) safety is different from cybersecurity. The goal of …