{"id":194077,"date":"2024-08-05T16:23:23","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T21:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/general-ai-towards-the-singularity-with-ben-goertzel"},"modified":"2024-08-05T16:23:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T21:23:23","slug":"general-ai-towards-the-singularity-with-ben-goertzel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/general-ai-towards-the-singularity-with-ben-goertzel","title":{"rendered":"General AI: Towards the Singularity \u2014 With Ben Goertzel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BClHXelf2EM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the rapidly advancing field of artificial intelligence (AI), few voices resonate as profoundly as Dr Ben Goertzel\u2019s. With a background in mathematics and decades of experience as an AI researcher, Ben\u2019s insights into the future of AI and its convergence with human intelligence offer a compelling narrative.<\/p>\n<p>This article goes into his perspectives as shared in the session <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BClHXelf2EM?si=-56357dsKNpe1N6Z\" rel=\"noopener ugc nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong class=\"\">IA g\u00e9n\u00e9rale: vers la singularit\u00e9 \u2014 avec Dr Ben Goertzel<\/strong>,<\/a> exploring the technological singularity, the mainstreaming of transhumanist ideas, and the profound societal and philosophical implications of these advancements.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Goertzel\u2019s journey into AI began in the 1970s, when the concept of machines matching human intelligence was confined to science fiction. Today, however, we are on the brink of achieving this milestone. He expresses his excitement and trepidation about this development, highlighting the double-edged nature of such a revolutionary transformation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the rapidly advancing field of artificial intelligence (AI), few voices resonate as profoundly as Dr Ben Goertzel\u2019s. With a background in mathematics and decades of experience as an AI researcher, Ben\u2019s insights into the future of AI and its convergence with human intelligence offer a compelling narrative. This article goes into his perspectives as [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,64,1501],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai","category-singularity","category-transhumanism-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}