Baobao Zhang's guest appearances

Baobao Zhang

Future of Life Institute Podcast

EA Talks

Jeffrey Ding

William MacAskill

Joshua Greene

Jade Leung

Brian Tomasik

Allan Dafoe

Helen Toner

Peter Singer

David Pearce

Robin Hanson

Rob Wiblin

Jaan Tallinn

Rohin Shah

George Church

Stefan Schubert

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Baobao Zhang explains how social science research can help those in governments, tech companies, and advocacy organizations make decisions regarding AI governance. After explaining her research on public attitudes toward AI and automation, she explores other important topics of research. She also reflects on how researchers could make broad impacts outside of academia.Recommended reading:https://governanceai.github.io/US-Public-Opinion-Report-Jan-2019Public opinion lessons for AI regulationClick to access GovAI-Agenda.pdfOriginal VideoEffective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube. 

Baobao Zhang explains how social science research can help those in governments, tech companies, and advocacy organizations make decisions regarding AI governance. After explaining her research on public attitudes toward AI and automation, she explores other important topics of research. She also reflects on how researchers could make broad impacts outside of academia.Recommended reading:<a href="https://governanceai.github.io/US-Public-Opinion-Report-Jan-2019" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://governanceai.github.io/US-Public-Opinion-Report-Jan-2019</a><blockquote><a href="https://www.brookings.edu/research/public-opinion-lessons-for-ai-regulation/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Public opinion lessons for AI regulation</a></blockquote><a href="https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/GovAI-Agenda.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click to access GovAI-Agenda.pdf</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTkvtHymI9s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Original Video</a><a href="https://www.effectivealtruism.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Effective Altruism</a> is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. <a href="https://www.eaglobal.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EA Global</a> conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/EffectiveAltruismVideos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a>.

EAGxVirtual 2020: How social science research can inform AI governance (Baobao Zhang)

Our phones, our cars, our televisions, our homes: they’re all getting smarter. Artificial intelligence is already inextricably woven into everyday life, and its impact will only grow in the coming years. But while this development inspires much discussion among members of the scientific community, public opinion on artificial intelligence has remained relatively unknown. Artificial Intelligence: American Attitudes and Trends, a report published earlier in January by the Center for the Governance of AI, explores this question. Its authors relied on an in-depth survey to analyze American attitudes towards artificial intelligence, from privacy concerns to beliefs about U.S. technological superiority. Some of their findings--most Americans, for example, don’t trust Facebook--were unsurprising. But much of their data reflects trends within the American public that have previously gone unnoticed.    This month Ariel was joined by Baobao Zhang, lead author of the report, to talk about these findings. Zhang is a PhD candidate in Yale University's political science department and research affiliate with the Center for the Governance of AI at the University of Oxford. Her work focuses on American politics, international relations, and experimental methods. In this episode, Zhang spoke about her take on some of the report’s most interesting findings, the new questions it raised, and future research directions for her team. Topics discussed include: -Demographic differences in perceptions of AI-Discrepancies between expert and public opinions-Public trust (or lack thereof) in AI developers-The effect of information on public perceptions of scientific issues

Our phones, our cars, our televisions, our homes: they’re all getting smarter. Artificial intelligence is already inextricably woven into everyday life, and its impact will only grow in the coming years. But while this development inspires much discussion among members of the scientific community, public opinion on artificial intelligence has remained relatively unknown. Artificial Intelligence: American Attitudes and Trends, a report published earlier in January by the Center for the Governance of AI, explores this question. Its authors relied on an in-depth survey to analyze American attitudes towards artificial intelligence, from privacy concerns to beliefs about U.S. technological superiority. Some of their findings--most Americans, for example, don’t trust Facebook--were unsurprising. But much of their data reflects trends within the American public that have previously gone unnoticed. This month Ariel was joined by Baobao Zhang, lead author of the report, to talk about these findings. Zhang is a PhD candidate in Yale University's political science department and research affiliate with the Center for the Governance of AI at the University of Oxford. Her work focuses on American politics, international relations, and experimental methods. In this episode, Zhang spoke about her take on some of the report’s most interesting findings, the new questions it raised, and future research directions for her team. Topics discussed include: -Demographic differences in perceptions of AI -Discrepancies between expert and public opinions -Public trust (or lack thereof) in AI developers -The effect of information on public perceptions of scientific issues

Artificial Intelligence: American Attitudes and Trends with Baobao Zhang