Roman Yampolskiy is a professor at the University of Louisville who coined the term 'AI safety.'
"Roman is a professor at a University of Louisville. He coined the term AI safety." (said at 0:22:52)
Roman Yampolskiy is indeed a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Louisville. However, regarding the terminology, Yampolskiy specifically introduced and formalized the term "Artificial Intelligence Safety Engineering" (AI Safety Engineering) in a 2012/2013 paper defining safety protocols and engineering guidelines for AI systems, rather than originating the broader concept or phrase "AI safety" in isolation.
- supports: Taxonomy of Pathways to Dangerous Artificial Intelligence (ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository (University of Louisville) 2016)
"Taxonomy of Pathways to Dangerous Artificial Intelligence... ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository (University of Louisville)" (abstract, results)
openalex - context: Artificial intelligence safety and security (International Affairs 2019)
"Yampolskiy notes in the preface that ‘in the domain of artificial intelligence safety engineering, hundreds of papers have been published on different proposals geared at the creation of a safe machine, yet nothing else has been published on how to design a malevolent machine … the availability of such information would be of great value’" (abstract, results, passage verified)
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