Table of Contents

Introduction to AI Safety, Ethics and Society

0.1

Preface

0.1

Preface

1.1

Overview of Catastrophic AI Risks

1.1

Overview of Catastrophic AI Risks

1.2

Malicious Use

1.2

Malicious Use

1.3

AI Race

1.3

AI Race

1.4

Organizational Risks

1.4

Organizational Risks

1.5

Rogue AIs

1.5

Rogue AIs

1.6

Discussion of Connections Between Risks

1.6

Discussion of Connections Between Risks

2.1

AI Fundamentals

2.1

AI Fundamentals

2.2

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

2.2

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

2.3

Deep Learning

2.3

Deep Learning

2.4

Scaling Laws

2.4

Scaling Laws

2.5

Speed of AI Development

2.5

Speed of AI Development

2.6

AI Fundamentals Conclusion

2.6

AI Fundamentals Conclusion

3.1

Single Agent Safety

3.1

Single Agent Safety

3.2

Monitoring

3.2

Monitoring

3.3

Robustness

3.3

Robustness

3.4

Alignment

3.4

Alignment

3.5

Systemic Safety

3.5

Systemic Safety

3.6

Safety and General Capabilities

3.6

Safety and General Capabilities

3.7

Conclusion

3.7

Conclusion

4.1

Safety Engineering

4.1

Safety Engineering

4.2

Risk Decomposition

4.2

Risk Decomposition

4.3

Nines of Reliability

4.3

Nines of Reliability

4.4

Safe Design Principles

4.4

Safe Design Principles

4.5

Component Failure Accident Models and Methods

4.5

Component Failure Accident Models and Methods

4.6

Systemic Factors

4.6

Systemic Factors

4.7

Tail Events and Black Swans

4.7

Tail Events and Black Swans

4.8

Conclusion

4.8

Conclusion

5.1

Complex Systems

5.1

Complex Systems

5.2

Introduction to Complex Systems

5.2

Introduction to Complex Systems

5.3

Complex Systems for AI Safety

5.3

Complex Systems for AI Safety

5.4

Conclusion

5.4

Conclusion

6.1

Beneficial AI and Machine Ethics

6.1

Beneficial AI and Machine Ethics

6.2

Law

6.2

Law

6.3

Fairness

6.3

Fairness

6.4

The Economic Engine

6.4

The Economic Engine

6.5

Wellbeing

6.5

Wellbeing

6.6

Preferences

6.6

Preferences

6.7

Happiness

6.7

Happiness

6.8

Social Welfare Functions

6.8

Social Welfare Functions

6.9

Moral Uncertainty

6.9

Moral Uncertainty

7.1

Collective Action Problems

7.1

Collective Action Problems

7.2

Game Theory

7.2

Game Theory

7.3

Cooperation

7.3

Cooperation

7.4

Conflict

7.4

Conflict

7.5

Evolutionary Pressures

7.5

Evolutionary Pressures

7.6

Conclusion

7.6

Conclusion

8.1

Governance

8.1

Governance

8.2

Growth

8.2

Growth

8.3

Distribution

8.3

Distribution

8.4

Corporate Governance

8.4

Corporate Governance

8.5

National Governance

8.5

National Governance

8.6

International Governance

8.6

International Governance

8.7

Compute Governance

8.7

Compute Governance

8.8

Conclusion

8.8

Conclusion

9.1

Acknowledgements

9.1

Acknowledgements

Citation:
Dan Hendrycks. Introduction to AI Safety, Ethics and Society. Taylor & Francis, (forthcoming). ISBN: 9781032798028. URL: www.aisafetybook.com

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