The issue talks about the ethics of creating intelligent machines, and what effect this could have on our world. The Director of IIIM, Prof. Dr. Kristinn R. Thórisson, announced a brand new Ethics Policy for Peaceful R&D – and certainly one of the world’s first such policies, if not the first. The policy takes aim at two major threats to societal prosperity and peace.
We also summarize the Reykjavik AI Festival, which focused on artificial general intelligence research, and introduced the IIIM Innovation Accelerator program for helping startups get to work with AI technologies.
IIIM’s fifth newsletter is now available. In it you’ll find an interesting collection of topics that touch upon the broad field of Artificial Intelligence. We interview the founders of IIIM’s first spinoff, Aldin Dynamics, and learn about their adventures in the world of virtual reality.
IIIM researcher Dr. Deon Garrett gives us insight into the project of creating more autonomous systems that require less direct human involvement, that could continue to improve well after they are deployed.
IIIM intern Thorbjörn Kristjánsson raises his concerns about the development of artificial intelligence and the ethical aspects and risks of its applications.
In this issue read about: our successful efforts with Rögg ehf to improve search-and-rescue operations and CEO Rögg Baldvin Hansson’s interview on how he turned an inspired idea to practical implementation; IIIM Managing Director Kristinn R. Thórisson’s thoughts on publication licensing; highlights from IIIM & CADIA’s Open Day; and much more from the ever-changing field of AI.
Take a look at our latest newsletter and read about Bala Kamallakharan’s views on IIIM and the startup environment in Iceland. You can also get a glimpse at a future filled with robotics through reading Frank Tobe’s article on robotics startups.
Interested in IIIM’s history and want to know about it’s early days? Then Kristinn R. Thórisson’s article is a must-read! You can also gain insight into the proceedings of the AGI Summer School that was held at Reykjavik University last summer, where many fundamental AI challenges were addressed and discussed.
Happy reading!
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