Peter Norvig joins podcast on alignment: why higher scores don't mean better AI
EchoShao8899 · x · 2026-11-06
Episode 8 of the AM Podcast features Peter Norvig, co-author of Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach and former Google research director, on goal alignment: as we get better at making AI achieve its goals, how do we ensure those are the goals we actually want? Topics include why higher scores don't mean better AI, deciding what systems should optimize for, and building AI that makes people more capable. Drops tomorrow.
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