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Strategic Polysemy in AI Discourse: A Philosophical Analysis of Language, Hype, and Power
Travis LaCroix, Fintan Mallory, Sasha Luccioni
This paper examines the strategic use of language in contemporary artificial intelligence (AI) discourse, focusing on the widespread adoption of metaphorical or colloquial terms li…
Relative Principals, Pluralistic Alignment, and the Structural Value Alignment Problem
Travis LaCroix
The value alignment problem for artificial intelligence (AI) is often framed as a purely technical or normative challenge, sometimes focused on hypothetical future systems. I argue…
Deep Learning and Ethics
Travis LaCroix, Simon J. D. Prince
This article appears as chapter 21 of Prince (2023, Understanding Deep Learning); a complete draft of the textbook is available here: http://udlbook.com. This chapter considers pot…
The Linguistic Blind Spot of Value-Aligned Agency, Natural and Artificial
Travis LaCroix
The value-alignment problem for artificial intelligence (AI) asks how we can ensure that the 'values' (i.e., objective functions) of artificial systems are aligned with the values…
Metaethical Perspectives on 'Benchmarking' AI Ethics
Travis LaCroix, Alexandra Sasha Luccioni
Benchmarks are seen as the cornerstone for measuring technical progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI) research and have been developed for a variety of tasks ranging from questio…
Moral Dilemmas for Moral Machines
Travis LaCroix
Autonomous systems are being developed and deployed in situations that may require some degree of ethical decision-making ability. As a result, research in machine ethics has proli…