July 19-21, 2013
Hilton Chicago Hotel
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Preconference Courses: July 18-19, 2013
Professional Members’ Forum: July 22, 2013
Faster Than You Think: Progress Toward Artificial General Intelligence
Ben Goertzel (@bengoertzel) is chief scientist of financial prediction firm Aidyia Holdings; chairman of AI software company Novamente LLC and bioinformatics company Biomind LLC; chairman of the Artificial General Intelligence Society and the OpenCog Foundation; vice chairman of futurist nonprofit Humanity+; scientific advisor of biopharma firm Genescient Corp.; advisor to the Singularity University and Singularity Institute, Hong Kong
The current state of research on Artificial General Intelligence will be surveyed, including computer-science-based and brain-based approaches. Plausible pathways from the current state of the art to Singularity-enabling advanced AGI will be outlined in detail. Examples will be drawn from the OpenCog project, an AGI-focused open source software system currently being used to control virtual world characters and robots.
Highlights
Participants will leave the session with an understanding of: Current research on Artificial General Intelligence and how it relates to learning.
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