The Ethics of Advanced AI Assistants

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Iason Gabriel, Manzini, Arianna, Keeling, Geoff, Hendricks, Lisa Anne, Rieser, Verena, Iqbal, Hasan, Tomašev, Nenad, Ktena, Ira, Zachary Kenton, Rodriguez, Mikel, El-Sayed, Seliem, Brown, Sasha, Akbulut, Canfer, Trask, Andrew, Hughes, Edward, Bergman, A Stevie, Shelby, Renee, Marchal, Nahema, Griffin, Conor, Mateos-Garcia, Juan, Weidinger, Laura, Street, Winnie, Lange, Benjamin, Ingerman, Alex, Lentz, Alison, Enger, Reed, Barakat, Andrew, Krakovna, Victoria, John Oliver Siy, Kurth-Nelson, Zeb, McCroskery, Amanda, Bolina, Vijay, Law, Harry, Shanahan, Murray, Alberts, Lize, Balle, Borja, de Haas, Sarah, Ibitoye, Yetunde, Dafoe, Allan, Goldberg, Beth, Krier, Sébastien, Reese, Alexander, Sims Witherspoon, Hawkins, Will, Rauh, Maribeth, Wallace, Don, Franklin, Matija, Goldstein, Josh A, Lehman, Joel, Klenk, Michael, Vallor, Shannon, Biles, Courtney, Meredith Ringel Morris, King, Helen, Blaise Agüera y Arcas, Isaac, William, Manyika, James
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 28.04.2024
• Subjects: Agents (artificial intelligence); Economic impact; Ethical standards; Natural language (computers); Sequences

This paper focuses on the opportunities and the ethical and societal risks posed by advanced AI assistants. We define advanced AI assistants as artificial agents with natural language interfaces, whose function is to plan and execute sequences of actions on behalf of a user, across one or more domai...