AI Report on Forbes.com
June 24th, 2009 –
SIAI President Michael Vassar, SIAI Director of Research Ben Goertzel, and SIAI Advisor Nick Bostrom all have excellent short articles up on Forbes’ AI Report.
Interview with Michael Vassar at Future Blogger
June 11th, 2009 –
Future Blogger has an interview up with SIAI President Michael Vassar.
This is the second interview that Michael has given since joining SIAI. The first, from April, is at Accelerating Future.
Sander Olson Interview with Ben Goertzel
June 9th, 2009 –
Brian Wang has posted a recent interview with SIAI Director of Research Ben Goertzel at his site, Next Big Future.
Handing over to Michael Anissimov
May 31st, 2009 –
Over the last year I have been updating this blog with news about the SIAI-related activities of the team. I’ve appreciated the opportunity to let current and potential supporters know what the organization is doing.
I’m pleased to be able to hand over to Michael Anissimov, who recently signed on as SIAI Media Director.
Videos from Global Catastrophic Risks Conference Available
May 27th, 2009 –
Video is now available from the Global Catastrophic Risks Conference held at Oxford University, July 2008. Lecturers include SIAI Scientific Advisor Prof. Nick Bostrom and SIAI Research Fellow Eliezer Yudkowsky.
Google Summer of Code Begins
May 27th, 2009 –
For the second year, Google is a major sponsor–together with SIAI–of the OpenCog AGI project.
The Google Summer of Code project has begun. Students from around the world are making meaningful improvements to the OpenCog system.
SIAI Director of Open Source David Hart is leading OpenCog. SIAI Director of Research Dr. Ben Goertzel is providing scientific guidance, along with a team of mentors including Dr. Joel Pitt, whose work on OpenCog is sponsored by SIAI.
Lectures by Steve Omohundro
May 26th, 2009 –
A compilation of talks by SIAI Advisor Dr. Steve Omohundro, some not previously mentioned on this blog, is at Future Current.
In particular, note Omohundro’s talk on “AI and the Future of Human Morality” at the Silicon Valley World Transhumanist Association Meetup, May 2008. Video and a transcript are available online.
SIAI Team Members on The Future and You
May 26th, 2009 –
Several SIAI Team members have been interviewed over the last year for Stephen Euin Cobb’s podcast, The Future and You:
- Scientific Advisor Professor Nick Bostrom , September 2008.
- Media Director Michael Anissimov, March 2008.
- As well as Director of Research Dr. Ben Goertzel, August 2008, mentioned earlier on this blog.
The Singularity Institute in the New York Times
May 24th, 2009 –
An article by John Markoff on the risks of Artificial Intelligence, inspired by the recent Terminator movie, appeared in the New York Times. The article mentions the Singularity Institute, and it cites, in addition to the well-known work of SIAI Director Ray Kurzweil, the Friendly AI research of SIAI Research Fellow Eliezer Yudkowsky.
AGI-09 Video Available
May 22nd, 2009 –
Video from the Second Conference on Artificial General Intelligence, chaired by SIAI Director of Research Dr. Ben Goertzel and with the participation of SIAI Scientific Advisor Dr. Moshe Looks, is now available online.