News about the institution, its research & recent advances
Vilhjalmur A. Kjartansson interviewed Dr. Kristinn R. Thorisson, Director of IIIM, for the Sunday edition of Morgunbladid (published on August 18th, 2012).
The interview focuses on the recently completed AGI & Constructivist AI Summer School and some of its featured topics. The summer school covered the role of Artificial General Intelligence and explored what defines intelligence as we know it. You can read the interview here. (Note: The interview is in Icelandic).
CADIA’s GGP agent CADIA-Player won this year’s General Game Playing competition hosted at the AAAI conference, reclaiming the title it lost in 2009. On its road to the title it defeated winners from the previous two years. As a winner of the competition, CADIA-Player also played an exhibition match consisting of three games against a human player — Chris Welty from IBM — and won convincingly.
Tonight Only: Startup Reykjavik Open-Party: Be the inspiration.
It is all about inspiration and networking, and embracing the opportunities which entrepreneurs can discover and create in a friendly and informal setting.
Dr. Ari Kristinn Jónsson, Rector of Reykjavik University, will host the BBQ… and has promised to use some of his patented NASA techniques to create a fun atmosphere.
Brad Feld, the legendary investor at Foundry Group will be on Skype at 16:00 to discuss the love-hate affair between entrepreneurs and investors.
Continue reading Invitation from Startup Reykjavik: Startup BBQ Party
Pioneering British scientist Alan Turing’s 100th birthday is celebrated this year, prompting Peter Spinks to question if machines could soon pass the Turing test. If passed, this test represents the ultimate achievement in computer science: a computer which thinks like a human. IIIM’s Managing Director Dr. Kristinn R. Thorisson is positive that faster, more powerful computers will lead to computers that “think”. To read more click on theage.com.au.
