Greetings, Novamente blog readers!

I have good news regarding a new collaboration between Ben Goertzel, myself and the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence (SIAI). Over the past few years, SIAI has done a remarkable job of attracting top talent to focus on its mission. Be sure to read for yourself, SIAI’s mission statement:

In the coming decades, humanity will likely create a powerful AI. SIAI exists to confront this urgent challenge, both the opportunity and the risk.

SIAI is a nonprofit research institute based in Palo Alto, California, with three major goals: furthering the nascent science of safe, beneficial advanced artificial intelligence (self-improving systems) through research and development, research fellowships, research grants, and science education; furthering the understanding of its implications to society through the AI Impact Initiative and annual Singularity Summit; and furthering education among students to foster scientific research.

As such, Ben and I are happy to join forces with SIAI to help advance the Institute’s Outreach and R&D Program. We’ll certainly remain focused on Novamente. Indeed, our primary passion is to grow Novamente into a world leader in AGI. However, we feel rewarded by devoting a portion of our time to SIAI, which in turn can help us develop ethical AGI.

By the way, be sure to mark your calendar, Sept 8-9, for SIAI’s Singularity Summit in San Francisco, where Ben will be speaking, and I’ll be organizing. There’s already an excellent lineup of speakers!!

Regards,

Bruce Klein
President, Novamente

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