Who are you?

Roland Pihlakas, from Estonia. I studied psychology, worked on modelling of natural intelligence, and then on AI safety. Have always cared about environmental issues. I work as a software developer, mainly having built AI and ML software. I tend to have many ideas and like interdisciplinary research. My AI safety related blog can be found here: https://medium.com/threelaws/

What are some things people can talk to you about? (e.g. your areas of experience/expertise)

AI:

• Legal responsibility assignment in AI based systems.
• Autonomous weapons systems.
• Whitelisting, reversibility.
• Human augmentation.
• Pending workforce disruptions due to increasing automation.
• Tax changes needed due to increasing automation, a better alternative to "the robot tax".
• Fundamental limits to AI safety, self-deception, embedded agency.
• How to formalise multiple AI goals, an alternative to utility maximisation.
• Corrigibility, interruptibility, low impact AI.
• How to promote and educate people about AI safety topics.
• How to reduce the speed of technological innovation.
• Organisations as AGI.

Climate:

• Social attitude changes that might be attractive to people and helpful for climate.
• How to educate people about climate issues and solutions.

Self-development:

• Rationality.
• Various methodologies for improved communication.
• Learning new helpful habits, improving memory for existing habits.

What are things you'd like to talk to other people about? (e.g. things you want to learn)

• All above mentioned topics.
• How to have a career in AI safety.
• How to have a career in climate.
• How to have a career in other EA topics.

How can people get in touch with you?

• Facebook: using my name.
• Skype username: "roland" (full name "Roland Pihlakas").
• Email: roland@simplify.ee (but I might be slow to respond or notice, above mentioned methods are better).
• I am also able to use Zoom and Slack, if you prefer so.