**CANCELED** [Hybrid Seminar] "AI alignment towards collective intelligence" by Prof. Ken Mogi, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Tokyo Collective Intelligence Laboratory, The University of Tokyo

**CANCELED**

Prof. Ken Mogi
Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Tokyo
Collective Intelligence Laboratory, The University of Tokyo

Title: AI alignment towards collective intelligence

Abstract:  With the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence, there is a growing interest in the alignment problem. Some argue that it is an urgent issue, in view of the possible existential risks. Here I describe some salient issues concerning alignment from cognitive and neuroscience points of view. Alignment is seen as a bridging principle linking natural and artificial cognition. I critically review assumptions about reinforcement learning, evaluation function, evolvability, and optimization. In particular, I discuss the relevance of the Goodhart's law in elucidating limits of the traditional approach and suggesting ways to make alignment more robust. I discuss relevance of alignment for collective intelligence, where correlating cognitive factors (social sensitivity, turn taking, and diversity) might be augmented and enhanced by AI alignment. I analyze relevance of organizational principles such as the Chatham House Rule. Finally, I discuss the possibility of conscious supremacy, in analogy to quantum supremacy, as a concept leading to alignment of natural and artificial intelligence, as separate from conventional computability arguments. This talk is based on the white paper and founding discussions with Takashi Ikegami (ikeg@sacral.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp) leading to the Collective Intelligence Lab of the University of Tokyo Komaba campus which started in April 2023.