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The AI Alignment Problem: Ethics and Artificial Intelligence

For anyone who uses AI and wonders whose values it carries.

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When
Sunday, October 18, 2026
15:00 to 16:45, Pacific Time (PCT)
Where
University of Victoria (its map, in a new tab)
3800 Finnerty Rd, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2
(room to be announced)
Cost and entry
$5
Talk · AI · In person
Area
Victoria (YYJ)

Anu’s take

If you've read The Alignment Problem, this is a chance to hear Brian Christian work through it in person. I use AI every day, and I still believe it's no substitute for professional judgment. Who decides what these systems should value is a question for all of us, so bring yours.

Who’s involved

University of Victoria (their website, in a new tab)
Brian Christian
For
UVic students and faculty alongside the wider Victoria public, a mix of people who build AI and people who simply use it.The organizer’s words

Checked (what Checked means)What these roles meanSomething wrong? Tell me

From University of Victoria’s page on purchase.tickets.uvic.ca (the organizer’s page, in a new tab) · Listed Oct 14 · Updated Nov 2, 06:17