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AGI Checklist

Any AGI must at a minimum possess a core set of cognitive abilities  –  as a simple description of human intelligence will confirm.

AI will outpace us (but that’s ok)

Improving computer-based intelligence will be significantly easier and faster than trying to hack human brains.

Human-level AI is possible

Many people are sceptical that AI can ever achieve human-like intelligence. Key to solving the problem is having the right theory and approach.

Genome Editing: It’s Not Really About Designer Babies

When it comes to genome editing, designer babies really should not be the first scenario that comes to mind.

The New Era of Reproductive Medicine

There are many things on the horizon and some may sound science fiction-like, but they could be real for your grandchildren.

Why aren’t more people working on AGI?

Here is a list of some of the reasons, plus an analysis of why there seems to be so little progress in AGI development.

The Future of Artificial Intelligence and Cybernetics

If you could improve by implanting a chip in your brain, 'update yourself' and partially become a machine, would you? 

Why Machine Learning won’t cut it

Current machine learning approaches will not get us to real AI. The kind that can truly understand you, and learn new knowledge by itself.

On Human and AI Ethics

AGIs will help us improve our morality. Their intelligence will help us discover the best principles to live by, and the best goals to pursue.

Researchers have helped this paralysed man feel again

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have helped a paralysed man feel again, using brain implants and a robotic arm.

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