Tag: alignment

AI safety needs social scientists

Nov 20, 2019

in AI

ai safety, alignment, ethics, social science, values

…we need social scientists with experience in human cognition, behavior, and ethics, and in the careful design of rigorous experiments. Since the questions we need to answer are interdisciplinary and somewhat unusual relative to existing research, we believe many fields of social science are applicable, including experimental psychology, cognitive science, economics, political science, and social…
How OpenAI is developing real solutions to the AI alignment problem

Oct 16, 2018

in AI

ai safety, alignment, alignment problem, debate, paul christiano, robert wiblin

Here’s a situation we all regularly confront: you want to answer a difficult question, but aren’t quite smart or informed enough to figure it out for yourself. The good news is you have access to experts who are smart enough to figure it out. The bad news is that they disagree. If given plenty of…
Attendance of e-learning colloquium

Sep 20, 2010

in Conference

alignment, colloquium, e-learning, e-learning site, osce, social networks, teaching and learning

I attended the first few presentations of an e-learning colloquium on campus last Tuesday. Here are a few short notes I took during the short time I was there. Begin a section of work with a short test to evaluate pre-intervention knowledge. The questions should be aligned with important content from the module. This will…
Aligning curriculum with assessment

Aug 30, 2010

in Learning, Physiotherapy, Teaching

alignment, assignment, curriculum, Directorate of Teaching and Learning, scholarship of teaching and learning, sotl

Our department is gearing up for it’s annual planning meeting, where we review the physiotherapy course from the past year and plan for the next one. This is also the year that our newly formed Directorate of Teaching and Learning has developed an institutional teaching and learning policy, with a strategic implementation plan over the…
Assessment in an outcomes based curriculum

May 29, 2009

in Education, Students

alignment, assessment, Chrissie Boughey, driver, ethics, exams, healthcare, learning, outcomes, outcomes based assessment, physiotherapy, rhodes university, seminar, There, validity

I attended a seminar / short course on campus yesterday, presented by Prof. Chrissie Boughey from Rhodes University. She spoke about the role of assessment in curriculum development and the link between teaching and assessing. Here are the notes I took. Assessment is the most important factor in improving learning because we get back what…

Tag: alignment

AI safety needs social scientists

How OpenAI is developing real solutions to the AI alignment problem

Attendance of e-learning colloquium

Aligning curriculum with assessment

Assessment in an outcomes based curriculum