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This document appears to be a page from an essay or book chapter titled 'The Purpose Put Into The Machine' by AI expert Stuart Russell. The text analyzes the historical warnings of Norbert Wiener regarding artificial intelligence, specifically the danger of machines executing objectives that do not align with human desires (the 'djinnee in a bottle' problem). While the text itself is academic, the footer 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016832' indicates this document was part of the House Oversight Committee's investigation, likely regarding Jeffrey Epstein's cultivation of relationships with prominent scientists and academics.

People (8)

Name Role Context
Stuart Russell Author
Professor of computer science and Smith-Zadeh Professor in Engineering at UC Berkeley; coauthor of 'Artificial Intell...
Peter Norvig Coauthor
Mentioned as coauthor with Stuart Russell.
Norbert Wiener Subject
Author of 'The Human Use of Human Beings' (1950); his views on AI and machine control are the central focus of the text.
Arthur Samuel Subject
Creator of a checker-playing program mentioned as an example of machine learning.
Elon Musk Cited Observer
Cited as an observer of existential risk from superintelligent AI.
Bill Gates Cited Observer
Cited as an observer of existential risk from superintelligent AI.
Stephen Hawking Cited Observer
Cited as an observer of existential risk from superintelligent AI.
Nick Bostrom Cited Observer
Cited as an observer of existential risk from superintelligent AI.

Organizations (2)

Name Type Context
UC Berkeley
Affiliation of author Stuart Russell.
Science
Academic journal where Norbert Wiener published 'Some Moral and Technical Consequences of Automation'.

Timeline (2 events)

1950
Publication of 'The Human Use of Human Beings' by Norbert Wiener.
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1960s and 1970s
Period described where the prevailing theoretical notion of intelligence was the capacity for logical reasoning.
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Locations (1)

Location Context
Academic institution associated with the author.

Relationships (2)

Stuart Russell Coauthors Peter Norvig
He is the coauthor (with Peter Norvig) of Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach.
Stuart Russell Academic Analysis Norbert Wiener
Russell analyzes Wiener's work throughout the text.

Key Quotes (3)

"Woe to us if we let [the machine] decide our conduct, unless we have previously examined the laws of its action, and know fully that its conduct will be carried out on principles acceptable to us!"
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"we had better be quite sure that the purpose put into the machine is the purpose which we really desire."
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"The goal of AI research has been to understand the principles underlying intelligent behavior and to build those principles into machines that can then exhibit such behavior."
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