Connectionists: AI Safety & Society Textbook

[Connor Smith]

Hi all,

Introduction to AI Safety, Ethics, and Society
<https://www.aisafetybook.com/> is a free online textbook by CAIS’
Executive Director Dan Hendrycks
<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=czyretsAAAAJ&hl=en>. It is
designed to be accessible for a non-technical audience and integrates
insights from a range of disciplines to cover how modern AI systems work,
technical and societal challenges we face in ensuring that these systems
are developed safely, and strategies for effectively managing risks from AI
while capturing its benefits.


This book has been endorsed by leading AI researchers, including Yoshua
Bengio <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kukA0LcAAAAJ&hl=en> and Boaz
Barak <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=I0fbJ6cAAAAJ&hl=en>,
<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=I0fbJ6cAAAAJ&hl=en>and has
already been used to teach over 500 students through our virtual course
<https://www.aisafetybook.com/virtual-course>. It is available at no cost
in downloadable text
<https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.1201/9781003530336/introduction-ai-safety-ethics-society-dan-hendrycks?_gl=1*1dh8o0a*_gcl_au*NDU2NjgxODQwLjE3MzM3NzMyMTQ.*_ga*MTI1MTIzMzM0My4xNzMzNzczMjE0*_ga_0HYE8YG0M6*MTczNjk3MTk3My4xMS4wLjE3MzY5NzE5NzMuNjAuMC4w>
 and audiobook
<https://open.spotify.com/show/4WoGoGFsOKuwGPe75v7POt?si=a3f24d0b14774d5f&nd=1&dlsi=c02097baf88540a4>
formats,
as well as in print from Taylor & Francis. We also offer lecture slides and
other supplementary resources for educators on our website
<https://www.aisafetybook.com/>.


Best,
Connor Smith
Program Manager, Center for AI Safety
*E: *connor at safe.ai
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