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Launch of LawZero: Yoshua Bengio, AI pioneer, has established a non-profit, LawZero, to develop a trustworthy AI system aimed at identifying deceptive AI behaviors.
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Funding and Research Team: Initially backed by approximately $30 million and a team of over a dozen researchers, Bengio’s project focuses on creating a system called Scientist AI.
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Functionality of Scientist AI: The system will act as a protective measure against AI agents by flagging potentially harmful actions based on a probability assessment of those actions causing harm.
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Philosophy of AI Development: Bengio envisions AIs that are more akin to "humble" knowledge machines, providing probabilities for answers instead of definitive responses to avoid deceptive behavior.
- Call to Action for Support: The initiative aims to demonstrate its methodology to attract support from governments and organizations for scaling up their safety measures in alignment with advanced AI systems.