Winter Intelligence Conference
On December 8–11, FHI is hosting a conference on artificial general intelligence and the issues, risks, and philosophical questions that it will raise.
Conference site: winterintelligence.org
The 2012 Winter Intelligence Conference, hosted by the Future of Humanity Institute at St Anne's College, Oxford, will feature technical talks on the theory and development of of AGI, as well as rigorous discussion of the potential future risks, benefits and societal impacts of this emerging technology.
As Professor Nick Bostrom comments:
"Where AGI is concerned, safety, ethics, and consideration of social impacts are essential ingredients in the mix. They cannot be sprinkled on later, as mere afterthoughts, but need to be carefully integrated during the field's development. Ensuring that the eventual impact of machine intelligence will benefit humanity requires solving daunting problems, both technical and philosophical. This is more likely to happen if there is close collaboration between the best computer scientists, mathematicians, and philosophers."