"The culture and mentality needed to create AGI seems to be different from the one needed to rapidly create a large and massively profitable company. My prediction is that if Google ever does get an AGI, they will buy it rather than build it."

Goertzel: "FYI, I am scheduled to give a talk to Google's tech staff on AGI and Novamente, later in the month... I believe Eliezer may be speaking there sometime soon, also..." (Eliezer: No.)

"Why ten years? It’s a nice round number. Just like most of you, I have ten fingers on my hands. I could have said eight or thirteen instead. But I think ten years – or something in this order of magnitude – could really be achievable."

Links to videos of AGIRI workshops (panels, talks by Ben Goertzel).

'Who is the "I" that wants to be Immortal?'

Informal essay by Ben Goertzel. A result of his conversation with Shane Legg.

The greatest acceleration potential is provided by technologies that address the problem of improving the intelligence of the scientists and technologists themselves.

Participants: Dr. Stan Franklin, Dr. Hugo de Garis , Dr. Sam S. Adams , Dr. Eric Baum, Dr. Pei Wang, Dr. Nick Cassimatis, Steve Grand , Dr. Ben Goertzel

Participants: Eliezer Yudkowsky, Jeff Medina, Dr. Karl H. Pribram, Ari Heljakka, Dr. Hugo de Garis.

The Intricate and Peculiar Torture of Taking One’s Tech/AGI Company Bankrupt.

Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics, Psychology, Cognitive Science, ...

Futurism, Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, Physics, Biology, Psychology, ...