Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence

{{Short description|US AI safety research center}}

{{Infobox organization

| name = Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence

| image = Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence.png

| formation = {{start date and age|2016}}

| headquarters = Berkeley, California

| leader_title = Director

| leader_name = Stuart J. Russell

| leader_title2 = Executive director

| leader_name2 = Mark Nitzberg

| parent_organization = University of California, Berkeley

| homepage = {{URL|https://humancompatible.ai/}}

}}

The Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence (CHAI) is a research center at the University of California, Berkeley focusing on advanced artificial intelligence (AI) safety methods. The center was founded in 2016 by a group of academics led by Berkeley computer science professor and AI expert Stuart J. Russell.{{cite web |url=https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/news/uc-berkeley-launches-center-human-compatible-artificial-intelligence |title=UC Berkeley launches Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence |last=Norris |first=Jeffrey |date=Aug 29, 2016 |accessdate=Dec 27, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/30/rise-of-robots-evil-artificial-intelligence-uc-berkeley |title=The rise of robots: forget evil AI – the real risk is far more insidious |last=Solon |first=Olivia |date=Aug 30, 2016 |accessdate=Dec 27, 2019 |work=The Guardian}} Russell is known for co-authoring the widely used AI textbook Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach.

CHAI's faculty membership includes Russell, Pieter Abbeel and Anca Dragan from Berkeley, Bart Selman and Joseph Halpern from Cornell,{{cite web |url=https://research.cornell.edu/research/human-compatible-ai |title=Human-Compatible AI |author=Cornell University |accessdate=Dec 27, 2019}} Michael Wellman and Satinder Singh Baveja from the University of Michigan, and Tom Griffiths and Tania Lombrozo from Princeton.{{cite web |url=https://humancompatible.ai/people | title=People |author=Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence |accessdate = Dec 27, 2019}} In 2016, the Open Philanthropy Project (OpenPhil) recommended that Good Ventures provide CHAI support of $5,555,550 over five years.{{cite web |url=https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/uc-berkeley-center-human-compatible-ai |author=Open Philanthropy Project |title=UC Berkeley — Center for Human-Compatible AI (2016) |date=Aug 2016 |accessdate=Dec 27, 2019}} CHAI has since received additional grants from OpenPhil and Good Ventures of over $12,000,000, including for collaborations with the World Economic Forum and Global AI Council.{{cite web |url=https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/uc-berkeley-center-human-compatible-ai-2019 |author=Open Philanthropy Project |title=UC Berkeley — Center for Human-Compatible AI (2019) |date=Nov 2019|accessdate=Dec 27, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.openphilanthropy.org/grants/uc-berkeley-center-for-human-compatible-artificial-intelligence-2021/|title=UC Berkeley — Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence (2021)|website=openphilanthropy.org}}{{Cite web |date=April 2020 |title=World Economic Forum — Global AI Council Workshop |url=https://www.openphilanthropy.org/grants/world-economic-forum-global-ai-council-workshop/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230901170003/https://www.openphilanthropy.org/grants/world-economic-forum-global-ai-council-workshop/ |archive-date=2023-09-01 |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Open Philanthropy |language=en-us}}