Ben Goertzel

Author and researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence · United States · Academics · Born 1966 · age 59

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Ben Goertzel is a computer scientist, artificial intelligence (AI) researcher, and businessman. He helped popularize the term artificial general intelligence (AGI).

A life in dates

2021Barwise PrizeAward2017“In 2017, we launched the AGI token, and since then we’ve been building out decentralised AI infrastructure in parallel with developing concrete AGI systems like Hyperon.”In their wordsRead the whole statement

“We’re not the only ones to think about decentralised AI - projects like Fetch.ai and Ocean Protocol were also exploring these concepts in 2017-18.”In their wordsRead the whole statement

1966Born8 December 1966

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7 November 2017; Sophia the Robot, Chief Humanoid, Hanson Robotics & SingularityNET, and Ben Goertzel, Chief Scientist, Hanson Robotics & SingularityNET, at a press conference during the opening day of Web Summit 2017 at Altice Arena in Lisbon.

Ben Goertzel at Brain Bar

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In 2017, we launched the AGI token, and since then we’ve been building out decentralised AI infrastructure in parallel with developing concrete AGI systems like Hyperon.
2017, Own words
We’re not the only ones to think about decentralised AI - projects like Fetch.ai and Ocean Protocol were also exploring these concepts in 2017-18.
2017, Own words
Humans will merge with technology, to a rapidly increasing extent. This is a new phase of the evolution of our species, just picking up speed about now.
, Own words