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Exploiting R&D as Means to Competitive Advantage: A New IP Model

Hlynur Halldórsson.

Dr. Kristinn R. Thórisson and Hlynur Halldórsson L.LM. gave a talk on IIIM’s IP model at UT messan and discussed how the institute reaches its targets with this new approach.

Effects of high-tech on product development, services and users in modern society have been substantial and continue to increase. An enormous research and development effort lies behind this development. Granting businesses access to results of basic research, pre-competitive research findings, and prototypes can positively impact their capacity to gain a real competitive advantage in the market. Continue reading Exploiting R&D as Means to Competitive Advantage: A New IP Model →

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Annual Festival Explores AI: Man’s Greatest Invention or the End of Mankind?

IMG_7519-modOn October 31st the annual AI Festival was held at Reykjavík University. The aim of the festival was to get a glimpse into the future of this fast-growing research field. This year’s theme was Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and the festival was a great success with over 100 people attending and participating. Continue reading Annual Festival Explores AI: Man’s Greatest Invention or the End of Mankind? →

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Aldin Interviewed About Virtual Reality in Morgunbladid

Screen Shot 2014-11-05 at 11.17.20IIIM spin-off company Aldin Dynamics has been working in the field of virtual reality for over a year now, haven most recently announced that they are working on a game for Gear VR — a mobile head-mounted display that Samsung is creating in collaboration with Oculus VR, LLC.

Recently Aldin’s founders, Hrafn Thorisson and Gunnar Valgardsson, were interviewed by the Icelandic medium Morgunbladid. The video interview can be watched here (in Icelandic), in which they discuss Aldin’s progress so far.

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Machine Intelligence Research Institute: Dr. Kristinn R. Thórisson on Constructivist AI

miri_horizontal_evenRecently the renowned Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) published an extensive interview with IIIM Director Kristinn R. Thorisson on the subject of Constructivist AI — a methodology and approach to building artificial general intelligent systems (AGI) that Thórisson and his colleagues have been developing for the past decade. The full article can be found on Miri’s website.

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