Take a look at our latest newsletter and read about Bala Kamallakharan’s views on IIIM and the startup environment in Iceland. You can also get a glimpse at a future filled with robotics through reading Frank Tobe’s article on robotics startups, read about IIIM’s origins and more!
Read moreRise of AI in Iceland: H+ Magazine Interview with the Thorisson Brothers who Helped Make it Happen
Recently, h+ Magazine published an article by Ben Goertzel titled “Land of Fire, Ice and Thinking Machines: The Recent Rise of AI in Iceland, and an Interview with the Thorisson Brothers who Helped Make it Happen”. In the article the author reviews the recent history of AI in Iceland and presents an interview with Kristinn R. Thórisson and [...]
Read moreExperts’ Answers to Kruel’s Questions on the Risks of AI
For most, the word AI can bring to mind scenes of a world where computers with humanlike intelligence control everything. Fortunately, the experts believe that there are limits to this potential. Dr. Kristinn R. Thorisson and Dr. John E. Laird’s recent interview with Alexander Kruel helped dispel some concerns and misconceptions about AI that have existed [...]
Read moreReykjavik University Program Explores Humanlike Intelligence in Computers
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 [...]
Read moreCall for Papers: AGI 2012 Conference at Oxford University
The fifth annual conference on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI-12) will be held at University of Oxford, December 8-11. AGI-12 will be hosted by the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University and will be held together with the first conference on AGI Safety and Impacts.
Read moreAGI & Constructivist AI Summer School
This summer school focuses on original goals of artificial general intelligence;
Reykjavik, Iceland,
August 1-15 2012
Summer School Website
Detailed Schedule
building machines capable of operating in various different environments and domains, and performing a range of unrelated tasks in a coordinated manner, with a special focus on methodology, integration, and architecture.
Read moreSummary of Workshop on Self-Programming, 2011 (AGI-11, Google, CA.)
On Thursday, August 4, IIIM organized a workshop on self-programming in AGI systems at the Fourth Conference on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) in Google’s headquarters, Mountain View, CA. The workshop featured presentations by seven authors on the subject of self-programming systems and a panel discussion among the participants.
Read morePei Wang – Lecture – Cognitive Logic vs. Mathematical Logic and the Way to Artificial General Intelligence
In this talk a new cognitive logic is introduced. The logic uses a categorical language which is close to natural languages, and an experience-grounded semantics which covers several types of uncertainty. The logic has inference rules for deduction, induction, abduction, revision, analogy, etc., all within the same framework.
Read moreCall for Papers: Self-Programming in AGI Systems – AGI-11 Workshop
Introducing a call for papers for the workshop on Self-Programming in AGI Systems. The workshop will be part of the next conference on Artificial General Intelligence, hosted by Google, Inc. This post includes a compact description of areas of interests. For full information, questions of interest and submission guidelines see our dedicated workshop page.
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