Stuart Russell

Jan 12, 2025 | fivebooks.com | Peter Norvig |Stuart Russell |Ray Kurzweil |Brian Christian

We last spoke in January 2024 but AI is a fast-moving field. What would you say now, as of January 2025, are the best books on artificial intelligence? As of January 2025, the field of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve rapidly, and several books have made significant contributions to understanding its complexities. These books offer valuable insights into the development, challenges, and future prospects of AI, making them essential reads for anyone interested in the field.

Nov 6, 2024 | blinkist.com | Yuval Harari |Stuart Russell |Max Tegmark |Pedro Domingos

Let’s start with the question, how does one become an intellectual? Well, it often involves a lot of dedication to studying and research. If we don’t put the time in, we risk experiencing something psychologists call the Dunning-Kruger effect, a situation where people with limited knowledge of a given topic significantly overestimate their understanding.

Sep 10, 2024 | zantimes.com | Stuart Russell

Opinion September 10, 2024 Share onShe was in her 70s, a frail woman who had lost her husband and children to the Taliban. She was also dying of cancer. I was in tears as she was testifying in front of me almost 25 years ago, and I was again today, remembering her.  From 1997 until 2004 I was an administrative judge at the Refugee Review Tribunal in Sydney, Australia, and during that time I oversaw many Afghan cases, all of which I accepted.

Sep 5, 2024 | sciencenorway.no | Stuart Russell

Professor Stuart J. Russell was one of the keynote speakers at the government banquet in Oslo City Hall in connection with the awarding of the Kavli Prizes. Here is the main portion of his speech:For centuries, science has been regarded — often, it must be said, byscientists — as an unequivocal good. It is, in its best form, the search for truth. Its existence and progressennoble humanity, for surely knowledge is better than ignorance,understanding better than confusion and delusion.

Apr 24, 2024 | fivebooks.com | Luciano Floridi |Alison Gopnik |Stuart Russell |Carissa Véliz

Before we talk about your recommended books specifically, I wonder if you might walk us through why it’s so crucial to think about the ethics of technology. For me it begins with the observation that there are no neutral tools. The tech historian Melvin Kranzberg first said this in the 1980s, but it bears repeating. Similarly, to paraphrase Marshall McLuhan, we shape our tools, then our tools shape us.