Hi Ben, Any online material coming from the conference? Videos, slides, blog posts?
Thanks On Friday, 1 January 2016 04:59:18 UTC-5, Ben Goertzel wrote: > > ... announcing AGI -16 ... > > *** > Happy New Year from the Artificial General Intelligence Society -- Welcome > to 2016! > > These are exciting times for AI; and this year, we have something > particularly special to offer you… > > The Ninth Annual Conference on Artificial General Intelligence, AGI-16, > > http://agi-conf.org/2016 > > will be held in New York City (July 16-19, 2016), as part of a larger > event — > > HLAI-16 … HUMAN-LEVEL AI 2016: http://agi-conf.org/hlai2016/ > > This will be the first-ever Multi-conference focused on the creation of > thinking machines with capability at the human level and beyond. > > HLAI-16 will include AGI-16, and also BICA-16 (Biologically Inspired > Cognitive Architectures), and the 2016 “Neural-Symbolic Learning and > Reasoning” and “AI and Cognition” Workshops. These four conferences are > normally held separately each year, at different times and locations. But > this year they are coming together in time and space as a unique and > unprecedented Multi-conference. > > Furthermore, the HLAI-16 Multi-conference will occur immediately after the > IJCAI-16 (the largest international AI conference), which is also in New > York City . > > AGI-16 will be organized just like previous AGI conferences, with the same > focus and structure. Registration for each of the conferences within the > multi-conference will be done separately. However, there will be numerous > common events: common keynotes, a common poster and demo session, and a > common multi-conference banquet. Most importantly, all 4 events will be > held together at the New School in lower Manhattan, allowing free and > wide-ranging HLAI and AGI discussions among attendees and presenters at all > 4 conferences. > > Why a Human-Level AI Multi-conference in 2016? > > Looking backward, 2016 is the 60th anniversary of the Dartmouth > Conferences, which effectively inaugurated the history of AI and cognitive > systems research. > > Looking forward, 2016 is an unprecedentedly exciting time for AI R&D in > general. It is a time when we are seeing a constant stream of practical > and theoretical successes in various parts of the AI field. And it is a > time when the quest to create AI systems with general intelligence at the > human level and beyond is taken more seriously by a broader community than > ever before. > > So 2016 is a perfect year to gather together an unprecedentedly large > number of serious researchers and developers in the areas of AGI and > Human-Level AI, for sharing ideas and results and planning collaborative > R&D. > > And to top it all off, New York City in the summer is a fantastic place to > be. > > The paper submission deadline will be March 25, 2015; please see > > http://agi-conf.org/2016/call-for-papers/ > > for further relevant dates. > > Keynote speakers, workshops and tutorials will be determined during the > coming weeks. We are also seeking proposal for workshops, tutorials and > demos. > > Welcome to 2016, and we hope to see you in New York! > > Yours, > > AGI-16 Conference Chair: > Ben Goertzel, OpenCog Foundation > > Program Committee Chairs: > Pei Wang, Temple University > Bas Steunebrink, Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence > > Organizing Committee: > Matthew Ikle, Adams State College, OpenCog Foundation > Jose Hernandez-Orallo, Universitat Politècnica de València )Tutorials > and Workshops Chair) > Brandon Rohrer, Microsoft (Poster and Demo Sessions Chair) > Ed Keller, New School (Local Co-chair) > > AGI Conference Series Chairs: > Ben Goertzel, OpenCog Foundation > Marcus Hutter, ANU > > ------------------------------------------- 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
