Topics in Foundations of ML: AI Alignment and Safety

Harvard FAS

This will be a graduate level course on challenges in alignment and safety of artificial intelligence. We will consider both technical aspects as well as questions on societal and other impact on the field. This is a fast-moving area and it will be a fast-moving course. I will expect students to be able to pick up technical knowledge on their own. In a sense, the programming language for this course will be English: students will be allowed and encouraged to use AI tools for…