Yeah, there was a problem with that site which we're trying to fix... for now that info is at
http://agi-conference.org ... ben On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Logan Streondj <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh hey, wanted to mention that agi-conf.org is down. > > I was checking when it was, since I was mildly concerned about it's > proximity to the 2012 summer olympic games, which has a lot of bomb > threats and predictive programming, such as the sports stadium > explosion in Caprica. > > though considering it is in December and in Oxford, it should be fine. > if there is any radioactive fallout, at least radioactive iodine would > subside by then, > and can always relocate if radioactivity is perceived to be an issue. > > Though the Rockefeller foundation has planned the 2010-2020 as the > "doom decade". > Hopefully the false-flag wont happen, and so Iran wont be blamed and > ww3 wont brake out. > Hugo de Garis says we aren't in for another world war till the rise of > the artilects which is a long ways away. > Though there were multiple world wars in the 20th century, so who > knows. *shrugs*. > > > And another thing in terms of the call for papers, if papers are > accepted do people have to show up to present them? or can they get > archived in some kind of AGI magazine? > > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Logan Streondj <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hey cool :-) AGI conferences are always great, I love the video >> content they produce. >> >> If you host one in Toronto I'd likely attend :-). >> >> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I'm pleased to announce the Fifth Artificial General Intelligence >>> Conference, to be held Dec. 8-11 2012, at Oxford University in the UK. >>> >>> The AGI@Oxford Call for Papers is here: >>> >>> http://agi-conf.org/2012/call-for-papers/ >>> >>> Paper submissions are due July 15, two months from now. Proposals for >>> workshops and tutorials are also solicited. >>> >>> Continuing the mission of the first four AGI conferences, >>> AGI-12@Oxford gathers an international group of leading academic and >>> industry researchers involved in scientific and engineering work aimed >>> directly toward the goal of artificial general intelligence. The AGI >>> conferences are the only major conference series devoted wholly and >>> specifically to the creation of AI systems possessing general >>> intelligence at the human level and ultimately beyond. >>> >>> Appropriately for this Alan Turing centenary year, this is the first >>> AGI conference to be held in the UK. We urge you to come to AGI-12 >>> and join the community of researchers seriously working toward the >>> creation of advanced generally intelligent machines of the sort that >>> Alan Turing foresaw. >>> >>> AGI-12@Oxford will feature invited and contributed talks on all areas >>> of AGI, poster presentations, workshops, tutorials, and technology >>> demonstrations. As in prior AGi conferences, there will be ample >>> panel discussions and occasions for open collaborative discussion on >>> key AGI issues. Keynote speakers will be announced shortly. >>> >>> AGI-12@Oxford will be followed by a related conference, AGI-Impacts, >>> hosted by Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute and focused on the >>> broader implications of AGI. AGI-12 attendees will get free admission >>> to AGI-Impacts. >>> >>> These are exciting times -- each year we move a little closer to the >>> goal of creating advanced AGI, due to the efforts of all who come to >>> conferences like AGI-12 and otherwise contribute to the field. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Ben Goertzel, AGI-12 Conference chair >>> >>> … and the AGI-12 team: >>> >>> AGI-12 Organizing Committee: >>> >>> Ben Goertzel, Novamente LLC >>> Brandon Rohrer, Sandia National Laboratories >>> David Orban, dotSUB >>> Itamar Arel, The University of Tennessee >>> Joscha Bach, Humboldt University of Berlin >>> Marcus Hutter, Australian National University >>> Randal Koene, Halcyon Molecular >>> Rod Furlan, Quaternix Research Inc. and Singularity University >>> Sarah Bull, Australian National University >>> Stephen Reed, Texai >>> >>> Local Organizing Committee: >>> >>> Anders Sandberg, University of Oxford >>> Nick Bostrom, University of Oxford >>> Sean O’Heigeartaigh, University of Oxford >>> Stuart Armstrong, University of Oxford >>> Toby Ord, University of Oxford >>> Vincent C. Müller, University of Oxford >>> >>> Program Chairs: >>> >>> Joscha Bach, Humboldt University of Berlin >>> Matthew Ikle', Adams State College >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------- >>> AGI >>> Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now >>> RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/5037279-6ef01b0b >>> Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; >>> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/212726-11ac2389 > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com -- Ben Goertzel, PhD http://goertzel.org "My humanity is a constant self-overcoming" -- Friedrich Nietzsche ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-c97d2393 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-2484a968 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
