Buddhism and the AI "Alignment Problem"

Can Buddhist dharma help align AI values with our own? I'll explain how Buddhism provides a model of ethical wisdom training, and why knowledge of it might be helpful to AI researchers. 📙 Check out my new book, A Handbook of Early Buddhist Wisdom, with a Foreword by Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi: https://books2read.com/buddhisthandbook 🧡 If you find this material useful, check out my Patreon page and get fun benefits like exclusive videos, audio-only versions, and extensive show notes:   / dougsseculardharma   🧡 You can also make donations through: https://paypal.me/dougsdharma ☸️ Free mini-course at the Online Dharma Institute: onlinedharma.org. 🎙Check out my podcast with Jon Aaron, Diggin' the Dharma: https://digginthedharma.com/ ✅ Referenced videos of mine: Knowledge vs. Wisdom —    • Knowledge and Wisdom: What's the Deal?   The Gradual Training: An Early Buddhist Map of the Path —    • The Gradual Training: An Early Buddhist Ma...   The Buddha's Advice for Working With the Eight Worldly Conditions —    • The Buddha's Advice for Working With the E...   ✅ Suttas mentioned: https://suttacentral.net/mn65/en/sujato https://suttacentral.net/mn70/en/sujato ✅ Other relevant videos: Psych of Tech Institute: Stuart Russell - Clarifying AI Alignment —    • Stuart Russell - Clarifying AI Alignment   AI Explained: 'Pause Giant AI Experiments' - Letter Breakdown w/ Research Papers, Altman, Sutskever and more —    • 'Pause Giant AI Experiments' - Letter Brea...   AI Explained: GPT 4 Can Improve Itself - (ft. Reflexion, HuggingGPT, Bard Upgrade and much more) —    • Video   Lex Clips: How to prevent AI from killing everyone | Max Tegmark and Lex Fridman —    • How to prevent AI from killing everyone | ...   Center for Humane Technology: The A.I. Dilemma - March 9, 2023 —    • The A.I. Dilemma - March 9, 2023   ✅ Other citations: The Alignment Problem from a Deep Learning Perspective — https://arxiv.org/pdf/2209.00626.pdf X-Risk Analysis for AI Research — https://arxiv.org/pdf/2206.05862.pdf Noah Shinn, et al., “Reflexion: an autonomous agent with dynamic memory and self-reflection” https://arxiv.org/pdf/2303.11366.pdf Tan Zhi Xuan “AI Alignment, Philosophical Pluralism, and the Relevance of Non-Western Philosophy” — https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/... https://ai.objectives.institute/blog/... OpenAI on GPT-4: https://cdn.openai.com/papers/gpt-4.pdf Open letter to pause AI research: https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/... Spurious correlations: https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-c... Webpage: https://www.dougsdharma.com/ Facebook:   / onlinedharmainstitute   Mastodon: https://mindly.social/@dougsdharma Twitter:   / dougsdharma   ❤️ Thanks to Patreon Patrons: Anonymous (2) DunJing John Oborne Scarlett Farrow Jimmy Maa Debbie Mattison Fine Art Steve H. Ron Peat Matthew Smith JC Shantha Wengappuli Karma_CAC Jorge Seguel Christopher Apostolof GailJM Brett Merritt David Bell T Pham VCR Upayadhi Andi and Erik ATGuerrero686 Michael Scherrer khobe schofield Alex Perdomo Benji Forsyth Blaze Way Sonny Flink Steve Marlor Joy L Lee Andrew Tom Anthony Tucker Karlee R Ethan M Billy in Singapore Matthew G Mynttinen Olivia Otter Carl Lennartson xiao mao Jeff Harvey Andrew Ingrouille Kenneth Grandchamp Doug Fonner Rene Gariepy Russell Needham Smoggyrob Mac Roja Bernardo Clémence Ortega Douville Kwan Alex Scott Johnston Richard J Beninger Nathanael O. Arnquist SaturnianMandala Trin P Letesa Isler Dorien Izel Robert Paterson Jake Tobiason Louvenia Ortega Steve S. Richard Rappuhn Sarah Kress Miri F Fairchild John Aaron Paul Niklewski Kong Ing Kai Dave Gorman 00:00 Intro 03:17 The “alignment problem” and human values 05:00 Buddhist model of training 06:06 Buddhist views of wisdom vs. intelligence and knowledge 07:46 The lifelong nature of Buddhist training 09:41 Buddhism and what to train for Note: as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Amazon links are affiliate links where I will earn a very small commission on purchases you make, at no additional cost to you. This goes a tiny way towards defraying the costs of making these videos. Thank you!