
Olle Häggström
Professor, Chalmers University of Technology
Session
Keynote
AI Alignment and Our Momentous Imperative to Get It Right
Thursday 7 April 2022, 09:15–09:45
Biography
Olle Häggström is a professor of mathematical statistics at Chalmers University of Technology and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. His foremost research qualifications are in probability theory, but in recent years he has turned his attention to issues in global risk and AI safety. He has worked on AI policy on both the national and the EU level, as well as in the World Economic Forum. Most recent among his five books are Here Be Dragons (2016) and Tänkande maskiner (2021).