The SNN approach uses biologically inspired, event-driven spike-based computation and communication -- meaning only operating when needed -- in its design. One of the distinguishing features of SNN as a computing paradigm is the integration of the element of time into algorithms and models. Penn State scientists are exploring novel magnetic device structures to directly mimic such temporal non-linear characteristics in hardware, scalable architecture and interconnection fabrics for these devices, along with novel hybrid algorithm designs to leverage the benefits of both SNN models and traditional non-spiking deep learning models.

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Researchers have identified a number of possible risks posed to humanity by anticipated advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), but the extant literature on the topic is largely academic or theoretical in nature. Despite the likelihood that much of AI’s future development will occur in industry settings, the insights generated by the AI safety research community have yet to be translated into a set of practical guidelines for working developers, project managers, and other industrial stakeholders. There are no currently established standards in place to guide the safe development of AI technologies, but the risk management approach employed in mature industries such as aerospace and medical manufacturing offers a promising model that may be adapted to AI related safety concerns. Within these industries, the safety guidelines and best practices derived from the risk management approach are developed, evaluated, formalized, and disseminated by industry specific Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs). This paper proposes a project to spur the development and adoption of formal AI risk management practices by demonstrating the approach’s viability through the completion of an AI risk assessment process. The results of the proposed activities are intended to lay the initial groundwork necessary for the eventual creation of an AI SDO.

Google has released a paper on AI safety in collaboration with researchers from Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley and OpenAI.

Google has released technical paper on AI safety produced in collaboration with researchers from Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley and OpenAI.