artificial general intelligence & the technological singularity
Ben will be speaking at upcoming AI Meetup
What: Ben Goertzel, Novamente LLC
When: Sunday September 7, 2008 12:00 Noon
Where: TechShop - 120 Independence Dr. Menlo Park, CA 94025
More: http://ai.meetup.com/94/calendar/8644333
Meetup Description: We canceled our AI meetups scheduled for Aug. 31 and Sept 14. Fortunately for us, Dr. Ben Goertzel from Novament will be in the area and [...]
While at IDF in San Francisco (Aug-08), I had the pleasure of watching, from the front row no less, Intel’s CTO, Justin Rattner explain+support Ray Kurzweil’s concept of the technological singularity. This is big. Now, more and more high level executives will come out in support w/o fear of loosing their jobs.
Intel’s chief technology [...]
I think Susan and I hosted the first swingularitarian cocktail party…
…at our place in Redwood City, CA. Russell Whitaker is credited w/ coining the term when he, Moshe Looks and I were brainstorming new phrases in the kitchen.
In pic above, Nancy Kelly (on the Magical Blue Bean Bag), Greg Coladonato (Google), Susan Fonseca-Klein (SIAI, [...]
VentureBeat’s Dan Kaplan reviewed Novamente from an informed perspective:
Nintendogs for the DS was a brilliant game. Its premise — pick a puppy and nurture it to adulthood — played on the digital pet theme that has driven high sales from Tamagotchi to Pikachu, and let you teach your dogs fancy tricks and skills that would [...]