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Stuart J. Russell
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Stuart J. Russell is a British computer scientist and Berkeley professor whose work addresses artificial intelligence and its relationship to human objectives.
Biography
Stuart Jonathan Russell, born in 1962, is a British computer scientist known for his contributions to artificial intelligence. He is a professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. From 2008 to 2011, he also served as an adjunct professor of neurological surgery at the University of California, San Francisco.
Russell co-authored Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach with Peter Norvig. The textbook is used in more than 1,500 universities across 135 countries. In Human Compatible, he examines intelligence in humans and machines, potential benefits of AI, and its misuse. He argues for designing AI systems that remain uncertain about human preferences and are directed toward satisfying human objectives rather than pursuing their own.
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Books by Stuart J. Russell
Human Compatible
Human Compatible explores the potential benefits and dangers of artificial intelligence, including the prospect of systems more powerful than humans. Russell proposes a foundation for AI in which machines remain uncertain about human preferences, aiming to make them deferential to people and beneficial.