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Jeffrey Epstein Al Projects There's a lot of info here so probably best to present this page as a list of links with a two line caption below each one. (I' link title and title text below) Marvin Minsky and MIT's AI and Media Labs Jeffrey Epstein Al has played a key role in furthering AI research at MIT's Artificial Intelligence labs. The labs arc still overseen by the eminent Al cognitive scientist, Marvin Minsky and stand at the forefront of Al cognitive and neural research. (The title above should link to this subpage below) Marvin Minsky Professor Marvin Minsky is one of the most established cognitive scientists in the field of Artificial Intelligence and the co-founder of MIT's AI laboratory. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the Turing Prize, the Japan Prize and the author of numerous books and publications on Artificial Intelligence. In 1951, Minsky built the first randomly wired neural network learning machine called, SNARC. In 1957, he invented the first confocal microscope (the precursor to the widely used laser confocal microscope today). In 1963, he invented the first head-mounted graphical display. Minsky's pivotal books include: Perceptrons, a foundational work in the analysis of artificial neural networks, "A Frameworkfor Representing Knowledge" which created a new paradigm in programming and The Society of Mind, the theory that intelligence could be a product of the interaction of non-intelligent parts. The Emotion Machine, published in 2006, critiques popular theories of how the human mind works and suggests alternative and more theories. MIT Al Lab and Media Lab The MIT Media Lab focuses on computer and Al technology research that is at the cutting edge, outside of mainstream study. The lab covers such areas as wearable computing, tangible EFTA_R1_02119190 EFTA02709907 interfaces, and affective computing. Faculty, staff and students work in more than 25 research groups on more than 350 projects ranging from digital approaches for treating neurological disorders, to a stackable, electric car for sustainable cities, to advanced imaging technologies that can see around a corner. The Lab operates on a $45 million budget and currently has 80 active members. The MIT Computer Science and AI Lab, known as CSAIL, is the largest research laboratory at MIT and one of the world's most important centers for information technology research. The building is designed by Frank Gehry, has more than 100 senior research scientists and faculty members, over 40 postdoctoral fellows and associates, 350 graduate students and 50 undergraduates. Over the years, CSAIL and its members have been instrumental in developments such as time-sharing, massively parallel computers, public key encryption, the commercialization of robots, and much of the technology underlying the ARPANet, Internet and the World Wide Web. To date, CSAIL members have started over 100 companies, including 3Com, Lotus Development Corporation, RSA Data Security, Akamai, iRobot, Meraki, ITA Software and Vertica. CSAIL is also home to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), directed by Tim Bemers-Lee, inventor of the Web and a CSAIL member. Under the direction of Professor Daniela Rus, CSAIL members conduct research in practically all areas of information technology, including artificial intelligence, the theory of computation, systems, machine learning and computer graphics. Presently in focus are projects that tackle the hurdles of big data, creating new models for wireless and mobile systems, software protection and developing a new generation of robotics. END SUBPAGE HERE. (2nd Link title and title text below) Ben Goertzel and OpenCog Jeffrey Epstein AI continues to fund research at the OpenCog Foundation based in Hong Kong. Headed by prominent AI scientist, Ben Goertzel, OpenCog, is both an open software EFTA_R1_02119191 EFTA02709908 programming company and a foundation for artificial intelligence scientists. OpenCog's software products offers unique programming language for all AI scientists to use and share. As such, it provides a pivotal tool in unifying and accelerating Al research around the world. (The title above links to the subpage below) Ben Goertzel Ben Goertzel is the Chief Scientist of the financial prediction firm Aidyia Holdings. He is Chairman of the AI software company Novamente LLC, the bioinformatics company Biomind LLC, which provides advanced AI for bioinformatic data analysis (notably microarray and SNP data); Chairman of the Artificial General Intelligence Society and the OpenCog Foundation. He is also Vice Chairman of the futurist nonprofit Humanity+ organization and magazine. Goertzel is general Chair of the Artificial General Intelligence conference series and advisor to the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (formerly the Singularity Institute). OpenCog Foundation Based in Hong Kong and funded in part by the Hong Kong government, OpenCog's main mission is to not only emulate the circuits of human intelligence in a machine but to explore beyond human intelligence and create a world of `super' intelligence. As an open software company, OpenCog scientists share their programming with the AI community at large, hoping to accelerate and unify the field. One of the software tools that OpenCog has developed is called OpenCogPrime. OpenCogPrime programs a wide range ofprojects including simple virtual agents in virtual worlds. It is also being tested to control a Nao humanoid robot. See http://novamente.net/example for some illustrative videos. Another programming tool is OpenCog Framework, which is being used for natural language applications, both for research and by commercial corporations. OpenCog Framework provides an OS-like infrastructure, stable API's and encompasses components using C++ Templates and the Boost libraries, including: EFTA_R1_02119192 EFTA02709909  • AtomSpace a shared library for fast in-memory knowledge representation, providing • kbeciligitafilaufneSrtgaMedeldellintecgriliniggitgmd Embolic knowledge. Various OpenCog projects currently using OpenCog Framework include: • Cognitive algorithm plug-ins MOSES, PLN and others. • Interfaces and proxies, e.g. CogBot an interface to OpenSim • An integrated natural language processing pipeline, together with its stand-alone but closely coupled projects, e.g. RelEx and Link Grammar • Embodiment containing the code to connect OC to virtual worlds and implementing a virtual pet and humanoid agent "One of the best ways to speed up scientific research, is to facilitate communication," Jeffrey Epstein pointed out, whose own foundation organizes and funds science conferences. "The first step in communication is to have everyone speaking the same language. To this end, OpenCog's programming is an essential tool for the AI community." END SUBPAGE HERE. (31's title link and title text below) HUMANITY + Humanity + is a non-profit foundation which advances the ethical use of technology to expand human progress. The organization has more than 6,000 members from more than 100 countries. (The title above links to the subpage below) Humanity + Humanity + is an international non-profit foundation with more than two dozen chapters around the world. Advancing ethical and responsible technology to further human progress is at the core of its mission. EFTA_R1_02119193 EFTA02709910 Humanity + has several main platforms: Conferences: international conferences are held every year for corporations, officials and industry to review their own technology and its relationship to humanity. Recent conferences have been held in Beijing, China, San Francisco State University, Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, Parsons, The New School for Design in New York City, California Technology Institute, and Harvard University. "Conferences facilitate collaboration," Jeffrey Epstein remarked. Humanity +'s conferences are intimate, so that members can really meet." Jeffrey Epstein own foundation has organized several pivotal conferences over the last decade, including a group of Nobel scientists to discuss the consensus on gravity, another to address global threats to the earth and another on the origins of language. H+ Magazine: Humanity +'s monthly magazine covers technological, scientific, and cultural trends that are changing humans in fundamental ways. H+ Magazine also focuses on some of the most revolutionary inventions that are quickly merging the realms of science fiction and daily life. Humanity + Magazine provides a powerful platform for AI and technology scientists to share their vision and work with the larger community. H+ Virtual Edu TV: is a newly launched television series which discusses provocative questions about emerging and speculative technologies and their socio-cultural role in our lives. The series is located at teleXLR8. H+ Student Network: is a rapidly growing international student network devoted to discussing and furthering trans-humanist ideas. The H+SN provides opportunities for university-level work and research in exploring the promises and perils of technology and the future of humanity. Humanity + Press: is Humanity +'s publishing division. Founded in 2010, H+ Press publishes books and other works to promote collaboration between technology and humanist values. Recent publications include: A Conn& Manifesto, by Ben Goenzel and H+ Summit Harvard 2010, a collection of abstracts from the corresponding conference EFTA_R1_02119194 EFTA02709911 END SUBPAGE HERE (4th Title link and title text below) Joscha Bach and MicroPsi Cognitive Artificial Intelligence has classically been the study of emulating cognitive behavior in machines. Dr. Joscha Bach and his programming organization, the MicroPsi 2 Project however, aim to achieve the reverse: not to translate cognition into AI, but to see what AI can reveal about cognition. (the title above links to the sub-page below) Joscha Bach and MicroPsi 2 Based in Berlin, Germany, cognitive Al scientist Dr. Joscha Bach has been a professor, cognitive researcher and software entrepreneur at Humboldt University in Berlin. He is also the author of Principles of Synthetic Intelligence (Oxford University Press). Cognitive Artificial Intelligence has classically been the study of emulating cognitive behavior in machines. Dr. Joscha Bach and his programming organization, the MicroPsi 2 Project however, aim to achieve the reverse: not to translate cognition into AI, but to see what Al can reveal about cognition. Specifically, MicroPsi Project is a series of software programs that strives to create emotionally driven agents in a virtual computer platform. To achieve this, MicroPsi programmed three types of basic survival needs or drives into the characters: physiological (i.e., hunger), social (i.e., affiliation needs), and cognitive (i.e., reduction of uncertainty and expression of competency). So that when the agents receive and process information, these three emotional drives either get depleted or filled, influencing goal formation, knowledge selection and application. The resulting architecture generates new kinds of pathway behaviors, including context dependent memories, socially motivated behavior, and internally motivated task switching. This emotion driven architecture also includes several knowledge trait templates: temporal structures, spatial memories, and new information processing mechanisms and behaviors, EFTA_R1_02119195 EFTA02709912 including progress through types of knowledge sources when problem solving (known as the Rasmussen ladder), and knowledge-based hierarchical active vision. The results of all this complex architecture are visually displayed on a computer screen in a simulated tropical island. But what might look like a simple video game is actually a platform for highly complex emotionally driven agents to move around in. The first MicroPsi Project built between 2003 and 2009, has more than 60,000 lines of Java code with plugins for Eclipse IDE. MicroPsi 2 is written in Python; and unlike standard code, Python uses graphical and spatial definitions for its characters. The graphical format allows for more precise associations, conceptual hierarchies, pathway activation spreading, perceptual schemata and parallelism. "The use of a virtual platform to explore human cognition provides optimal flexibility," Jeffrey Epstein asserted. "Scientists can avoid the expensive and complicated logistics of robotics." Bach doesn't see the MicroPsi 2 Project as being anywhere near a valid cognitive model but rather as an evolving effort towards a unified theory of cognition. END SUBPAGE HERE. EFTA_R1_02119196 EFTA02709913