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	<description>Computing with Meaning</description>
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		<title>The Future of Computing: Meaning and Values</title>
		<link>http://selfawaresystems.com/2012/01/29/the-future-of-computing-meaning-and-values/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article will appear in the Australian magazine &#8220;Issues&#8221;: The Future of Computing: Meaning and Values Steve Omohundro, Ph.D. Self-Aware Systems, President Technology is rapidly advancing! Moore&#8217;s law says that the number of transistors on a chip doubles every two years. It has held since it was proposed in 1965 and extended back to 1900 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=selfawaresystems.com&amp;blog=1732588&amp;post=1685&amp;subd=selfawaresystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rationally-Shaped Artificial Intelligence</title>
		<link>http://selfawaresystems.com/2011/10/07/rationally-shaped-artificial-intelligence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This paper will be in the upcoming Springer volume: &#8220;The Singularity Hypothesis: A Scientific and Philosophical Assessment&#8221;. Here is a pdf of the current version: http://selfawaresystems.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/rationally_shaped_ai.pdf Abstract: Systems with the computational power of the human brain are likely to be cheap and ubiquitous within the next few decades. As technology becomes more intelligent, we need [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=selfawaresystems.com&amp;blog=1732588&amp;post=897&amp;subd=selfawaresystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Adam Ford Interviews: Steve Omohundro</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently had a great trip to Melbourne, Australia to speak at the Singularity Summit and at Monash University. Thanks to Kevin Korb for hosting me and to Adam Ford for organizing the visit. Adam interviewed me at various interesting locations around Melbourne: 8/24/2011 Interview about the basic AI drives, compassionate intelligence, and Sputnik moments, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=selfawaresystems.com&amp;blog=1732588&amp;post=893&amp;subd=selfawaresystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What is intelligence?</title>
		<link>http://selfawaresystems.com/2011/09/22/what-is-intelligence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a large literature on human intelligence. John Carroll&#8217;s classic &#8220;Human Cognitive Abilities: A Survey of Factor-Analytic Studies&#8221; identifies 69 distinct narrow abilities but finds that 55% of the variance in mental tests is due to a common &#8220;general intelligence&#8221; factor &#8220;g&#8221;. The leading AI textbook, Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, considers 8 different [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=selfawaresystems.com&amp;blog=1732588&amp;post=789&amp;subd=selfawaresystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Singularity Summit Australia Talk: The Emerging Global Mind, Cooperation, and Compassion</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A pdf file with the slides is here: http://selfawaresystems.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/emerging-global-mind.pdf The Emerging Global Mind, Cooperation, and Compassion Steve Omohundro, Ph.D. President, Omai Systems The internet is creating a kind of &#8220;global mind&#8221;. For example, Wikipedia radically changes how people discover and learn new information and they in turn shape Wikipedia. In the blogosphere, ideas propagate rapidly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=selfawaresystems.com&amp;blog=1732588&amp;post=601&amp;subd=selfawaresystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Talk at Monash University, Australia: Rationally-Shaped Minds: A Framework for Analyzing Self-Improving AI</title>
		<link>http://selfawaresystems.com/2011/07/29/talk-at-monash-university-australia-rationally-shaped-minds-a-framework-for-analyzing-self-improving-ai/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omohundro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a video of the talk (thanks to Adam Ford for filming and editing it): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQDZ63QKXdQ Here are the slides: http://selfawaresystems.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/rationally-shaped-minds.pdf Rationally-Shaped Minds: A Framework for Analyzing Self-Improving AI Steve Omohundro, Ph.D. President, Omai Systems Many believe we are on the verge of creating truly artificially intelligent systems and that these systems will be central [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=selfawaresystems.com&amp;blog=1732588&amp;post=573&amp;subd=selfawaresystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Singularity Summit Australia Talk: Minds Making Minds: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity</title>
		<link>http://selfawaresystems.com/2011/07/29/singularity-summit-australia-talk-minds-making-minds-artificial-intelligence-and-the-future-of-humanity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://summit2011.singinst.org.au/2011/07/abstract-steve-omohundro-minds-making-minds-artificial-intelligence-and-the-future-of-humanity/ A pdf file with the slides is here: http://selfawaresystems.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/minds-making-minds.pdf Minds Making Minds: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity Steve Omohundro, Ph.D. President, Omai Systems We are at a remarkable moment in human history. Many believe that we are on the verge of major advances in artificial intelligence, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and robotics. Together, these [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=selfawaresystems.com&amp;blog=1732588&amp;post=570&amp;subd=selfawaresystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Next Big Future Interview: Steve Omohundro and the future of superintelligence</title>
		<link>http://selfawaresystems.com/2011/07/29/next-big-future-interview-steve-omohundro-and-the-future-of-superintelligence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/07/steve-omohundro-and-future-of.html July 07, 2011 Steve Omohundro and the future of superintelligence Steve Omohundro is a computer scientist who has spent decades designing and writing artificial intelligence software. He now heads a startup corporation, Omai Systems, which will license intellectual property related to AI. In an interview with Sander Olson, Omohundro discuss Apollo style AGI programs, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=selfawaresystems.com&amp;blog=1732588&amp;post=567&amp;subd=selfawaresystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AGI-11talk: Design Principles for a Safe and Beneficial AGI Infrastructure</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omohundro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://agi-conf.org/2011/abstract-stephen-omohundro/ Here are the slides from the talk: http://selfawaresystems.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/design-principles-for-safe-agi.pdf Design Principles for a Safe and Beneficial AGI Infrastructure Steve Omohundro, Ph.D., Omai Systems Abstract: Many believe we are on the verge of creating true AGIs and that these systems will be central to the future functioning of human society. These systems are likely to be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=selfawaresystems.com&amp;blog=1732588&amp;post=561&amp;subd=selfawaresystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Humanity+ interview: Steve Omohundro on the Global Brain, Existential Risks and the Future of AGI</title>
		<link>http://selfawaresystems.com/2011/07/29/humanity-interview-steve-omohundro-on-the-global-brain-existential-risks-and-the-future-of-agi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>omohundro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://hplusmagazine.com/2011/04/13/steve-omohundro-on-the-global-brain-existential-risks-and-the-future-of-agi/ Steve Omohundro on the Global Brain, Existential Risks and the Future of AGI By: Steve Omohundro and Ben Goertzel Published: April 13, 2011 The future of humanity involves a complex combination of technological, psychological and social factors – and one of the difficulties we face in comprehending and crafting this future, is that not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=selfawaresystems.com&amp;blog=1732588&amp;post=557&amp;subd=selfawaresystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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