Episode 898

Jeffrey Snover on Unifying AI at Harvard

Jeffrey Snover's retirement did not last long. A few days before announcing his new position the Berkman Klein Center for Internet Studies at Harvard University, Jeffrey Snover shared with us what he is planning to do there and how he is preparing for this role. Different AI groups (e.g., accelerators, "safetyists", and skeptics) tend to have their own taxonomy, making it difficult to determine where they agree and disagree. Snover plans to create a taxonomy and tools to facilitate communication and find areas of agreement and disagreement between the camps, which will help to make informed decisions when creating policies.