I have persistently asked the question, “How would we create a superintelligent agent?”—an intelligent agent, much more than an AI algorithm, but rather a being that can think, reason, question and perhaps one day assert themself. I’m talking about a genuine artificial lifeform possessing a level of mind and consciousness that’s comparable to our own. And, if I’m honest, despite the extraordinary advances in artificial intelligence, robotics and machine and deep learning, we

We have built machines capable of processing vast quantities of data at staggering speeds—performing calculations in seconds that would take a human lifetime to complete. Yet there remains one extraordinarily advanced system that continues to withhold its deepest secrets: the human brain. And here we are, ambitiously attempting to understand it. It is a difficult undertaking—perhaps even a slightly mad one—but I remain moderately confident that reverse engineering the bra

For centuries philosophers have wrestled with a deceptively simple question: “What exactly is the mind?” Is it a non-physical phenomenon generated by the brain, or something more abstract—perhaps even something separate from the body altogether? We must embrace philosophy when developing superintelligent machines to establish a theoretical platform that helps us understand the problem we’re trying to solve. Smart as Humans In recent years this philosophical debate has transit

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