They are a smart group of people (including ex-Webminder Shane Legg) with an AGI-ish research direction; however, nothing I've seen or heard from them indicates they've made any dramatic R&D progress toward AGI so far. It appears Google likes their vision and wants to acquire the team.
Interesting times ;) ben On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 11:08 AM, Cosmo Harrigan < [email protected]> wrote: > That's interesting... in searching for more information about them, I saw > these slides from a previous presentation by Demis Hassabis: > http://chris.ill-logic.com/systems-neuroscience/ > that accompanied this talk: > http://vimeo.com/17513841 > > and these papers: > http://arxiv.org/pdf/1310.8499.pdf > http://arxiv.org/pdf/1312.5602.pdf > > Cosmo > > > > On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 6:30 PM, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Wow, Google is really trying to consolidate & expand their position in AI >> & robotics... >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Google Alerts <[email protected]> >> Date: Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 10:12 AM >> Subject: Google Alert - artificial intelligence >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> [image: Google] >> <http://www.google.com/alerts?source=alertsmail&hl=en&gl=US&msgid=MTQxMTc1NTkwMjE1NjkzMjMxNjE&s=AB2Xq4jLHt8h99pq9CZKGP9JbALjEsdjjAFrJo0> >> artificial >> intelligence >> Daily update ⋅ January 27, 2014 >> NEWS >> The Verge >> >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/26/5348640/google-deepmind-acquisition-robotics-ai&ct=ga&cd=MTQxMTc1NTkwMjE1NjkzMjMxNjE&cad=CAEYAA&usg=AFQjCNE3DuiVPQoN64vkHHyQuhQTGjVJ-A> >> Google Acquires *Artificial Intelligence* Startup DeepMind For >> $400M<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/26/google-deepmind/&ct=ga&cd=MTQxMTc1NTkwMjE1NjkzMjMxNjE&cad=CAEYAA&usg=AFQjCNF1mmSMDLqLqwpFgZpI0AFOTgJA7Q> >> TechCrunch - Google will pay $400 million to buy London-based *artificial >> intelligence* company DeepMind. The deal, but not the exact price, was >> confirmed to *...* >> [image: Google >> Plus]<http://www.google.com/alerts/share?hl=en&gl=US&ru=http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/26/google-deepmind/&ss=gp&rt=Google+Acquires+Artificial+Intelligence+Startup+DeepMind+For+%24400M&ssp=AMJHsmVie3gXC25de5JYtQeEckn4A232UA> >> [image: >> Facebook]<http://www.google.com/alerts/share?hl=en&gl=US&ru=http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/26/google-deepmind/&ss=fb&rt=Google+Acquires+Artificial+Intelligence+Startup+DeepMind+For+%24400M&ssp=AMJHsmVie3gXC25de5JYtQeEckn4A232UA> >> [image: >> Twitter]<http://www.google.com/alerts/share?hl=en&gl=US&ru=http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/26/google-deepmind/&ss=tw&rt=Google+Acquires+Artificial+Intelligence+Startup+DeepMind+For+%24400M&ssp=AMJHsmVie3gXC25de5JYtQeEckn4A232UA> >> Flag >> as irrelevant >> <http://www.google.com/alerts/feedback?ffu=http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/26/google-deepmind/&source=alertsmail&hl=en&gl=US&msgid=MTQxMTc1NTkwMjE1NjkzMjMxNjE&s=AB2Xq4jM-Zy2SFU4GOAIYMdG6G0B1ACPSOFo6b4> >> Refine this >> alert<http://www.google.com/alerts/edit?source=alertsmail&hl=en&gl=US&msgid=MTQxMTc1NTkwMjE1NjkzMjMxNjE&s=AB2Xq4jLHt8h99pq9CZKGP9JbALjEsdjjAFrJo0> >> You have received this email because you have subscribed to *Google >> Alerts*. >> Unsubscribe<http://www.google.com/alerts/remove?source=alertsmail&hl=en&gl=US&msgid=MTQxMTc1NTkwMjE1NjkzMjMxNjE&s=AB2Xq4jLHt8h99pq9CZKGP9JbALjEsdjjAFrJo0> >> | View all your >> alerts<http://www.google.com/alerts/manage?source=alertsmail&hl=en&gl=US&msgid=MTQxMTc1NTkwMjE1NjkzMjMxNjE&s=AB2Xq4jLHt8h99pq9CZKGP9JbALjEsdjjAFrJo0> >> [image: >> RSS] Receive this alert as RSS feed >> <http://www.google.com/alerts/feeds/08565520990719193275/4957101025558308956> >> Send Feedback >> <http://www.google.com/alerts?source=alertsmail&hl=en&gl=US&msgid=MTQxMTc1NTkwMjE1NjkzMjMxNjE&s=AB2Xq4jLHt8h99pq9CZKGP9JbALjEsdjjAFrJo0&ffu=> >> >> >> >> -- >> Ben Goertzel, PhD >> http://goertzel.org >> >> "In an insane world, the sane man must appear to be insane". -- Capt. >> James T. Kirk >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "opencog" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/opencog. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "opencog" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/opencog. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD http://goertzel.org "In an insane world, the sane man must appear to be insane". -- Capt. James T. Kirk ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
