Artificial General Intelligence through Games - Are video games the perfect environments for developing artificial general intelligence? Which kind of general intelligence?

Invited speaker: Dr. Julian Togelius (Game Innovation Lab, New York University).

Abstract: Games, particularly video games, are increasingly used to test artificial intelligence. But what sort of intelligence is it that we want to develop? It appears to be possible to play individual games very well without actually being intelligent. Would general video game playing, where you develop agents that can play any game, lead us to general intelligence? In that case, which type of general intelligence?

In this meetup, Dr. Togelius will explore the role of vieo games in developing general intelligence, and a general artificial intelligence R&D company GoodAI will introduce its $5M General AI Challenge, aiming to tackle crucial research problems in human-level AI development.

* Please note that the doors will close at 18:15.

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