Introduction to AI Safety, Ethics, and Society

by Dan Hendrycks

As AI technology is rapidly progressing in capability and being adopted more widely across society, it is more important than ever to understand the potential risks AI may pose and how AI can be developed and deployed safely. Introduction to AI Safety, Ethics, and Society offers a comprehensive and accessible guide to this topic.

This book explores a range of ways in which societies could fail to harness AI safely in coming years, such as malicious use, accidental failures, erosion of safety standards due to competition between AI developers or nation-states, and potential loss of control over autonomous systems. Grounded in the latest technical advances, this book offers a timely perspective on the challenges involved in making current AI systems safer. Ensuring that AI systems are safe is not just a problem for researchers in machine learning – it is a societal challenge that cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries. Integrating insights from safety engineering, economics, and other relevant fields, this book provides readers with fundamental concepts to understand and manage AI risks more effectively.

This is an invaluable resource for upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students taking courses relating to AI Safety & Alignment, AI Ethics, AI Policy, and the Societal Impacts of AI, as well as anyone trying to better navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of AI safety.

Genres: Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Nonfiction

544 pages, Hardcover

Published December 31, 2024

Reviews

[Rose Seidl · Rating 4 out of 5]

The ideas in this book are very important, but extremely high-level. It serves as a good introduction to the risks associated with AI, but does not give readers a good sense of what to actually do about these problems. Also, a note: the online version of the book contains many typos.

[Satyaki · Rating 4 out of 5]

https://www.aisafetybook.com/

[Rhea · Rating 2 out of 5]

i was waiting for my friend while he took a zoom meeting, so he handed this book to me, so i could entertain myself 🤠

this book is so goofy. i feel like i’ve seen most of the arguments and thoughts before, from the probability to the philosophy, but i guess there is value in having it all in one place for those being introduced to the field. idk if i would call myself an ai safety skeptic but this book pushed me closer to that. i’ve also heard mid-at-best things abt my boy dan in the past, so perhaps i came in biased 🌝

[Odile · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good current reference book on AI fundamentals, risks, analytical tools, engineering and governance solutions to steer AI to be beneficial. It brings together the knowhow of many experts and surveys the literature. As AI technology and landscape evolves, this book will need updating.

[Andre · Rating 4 out of 5]

Listened to this as an audio book but also downloaded it for reference. It's a great introduction to AI risk. I'd give it a 5 but for it's focus on more traditional cyber security and fault tolerance make it rather lenghty. Which makes it more a book for technical readers even though later chapters are very broad and should be widely discussed. A serious contribution to the AI discussion. Could be taken as a intro to AI itself so maybe a reworking in this spirit would be timely?

Dan is a leading voice in America on AI and AI safety who seems to have balanced views on the safety leaning side of expert opinion.

[hcdr · Rating 3 out of 5]

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