AI Alignment and Our Momentous Imperative to Get It Right

While AI and its applications continue to develop rapidly, many challenges remain to realize the full potential. We will reflect on the developments within AI and Machine Learning during the last few years, the current state-of-the-art, what remains to be done, and what some of the urgent issues are at the moment. With this as a starting point, we will discuss the current state of AI and AI applications in Sweden and think about national strategies for accelerating the use of AI nationally, in both the industry and public sector. Finally, we will provide some examples of ongoing work in important areas.

Olle Häggström

Professor of Mathematical Statistics @ Chalmers University of Technology

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).