
The Asilomar Conference on Beneficial AI was a
conference
A conference is a meeting of two or more experts to discuss and exchange opinions or new information about a particular topic.
Conferences can be used as a form of group decision-making, although discussion, not always decisions, are the main ...
organized by the
Future of Life Institute,
[“Future of Life Institute 2017 Asilomar Conference.” ai-ethics.com. https://ai-ethics.com/2017/08/11/future-of-life-institute-2017-asilomar-conference/ accessed 1 December 2017] held January 5–8, 2017, at the
Asilomar Conference Grounds
Asilomar Conference Grounds is a conference center built for the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). It is located east of what was known as Moss Beach on the western tip of the Monterey Peninsula in Pacific Grove, California. Between 1913 ...
in
California
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. More than 100 thought leaders and researchers in economics, law, ethics, and philosophy met at the conference, to address and formulate principles of beneficial AI.
["Beneficial AI conference develops ‘Asilomar AI principles’ to guide future AI research." Kurzweil Network. http://www.kurzweilai.net/beneficial-ai-conference-develops-asilomar-ai-principles-to-guide-future-ai-research accessed 1 December 2017] Its outcome was the creation of a set of guidelines for AI research – the 23 Asilomar AI Principles.
["ASILOMAR AI PRINCIPLES." The Future of Life Institute. https://futureoflife.org/ai-principles/ accessed 1 December 2017]
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Philosophy of artificial intelligence
Ethics of science and technology
Events in the Monterey Bay Area