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The Center for the Future of AI, Mind & Society (AIMS) is a multidisciplinary hub where thought leaders in philosophy, complex systems, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, political science, and other fields come together to analyze vital scientific, societal, and ethical issues.

The Center explores questions like the following:
•ÌýÌýHow does machine intelligence compare to human intelligence? And how can these distinct intelligences best work together?
•ÌýÌýWhat is the nature of the self, mind and consciousness?
•ÌýÌýWhat are the epistemic strengths and weaknesses of today’s large language models (LLMs)?
•ÌýÌýWhat will it mean to be human when we all carry the equivalent of a polymath in our pockets?

Our annual conference, MindFest, features thought leaders from academe, business, and policy, treating topics central to the future of AI. See the created by our partner, .

The Center’s Founder and Director is Susan Schneider, the William F. Dietrich Distinguished Professor at ³Ô¹ÏÍø Atlantic, former NASA Chair, and Distinguished Scholar at the Library of Congress. Its Associate Director is , a Research Affiliate Professor in ³Ô¹ÏÍø Atlantic's College of Engineering and Computer Science. Elan Barenholtz is the Center's Assistant Director, an Associate Professor at Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, and Co-Director of the .

The Center is a collaboration between theÌý Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Ìýand theÌý Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute.

Talks

Mindfest 2024

Harmut Neven: Consciousness via Quantum Superposition

Conscious moments are generated by the formation of quantum superpositions, challenging traditional views on the origins of consciousness.

MINDFEST 2023

Ben Goertzel: AGI is 5 Years Away!

Ben Goertzel examines the path toward artificial general intelligence, arguing that large language models and transformer networks fall short of genuine autonomy. He outlines what human-level intelligence would require: systems that generalize reliably and innovate beyond their training data.

MINDFEST 2023

Stephen Wolfram: ChatGPT, Dark Matter, & AI

Stephen Wolfram discusses dark matter, AI, and his Physics Project — an attempt to unify physics and mathematics — including its central construct, the Ruliad.

Susan Schneider on AI, Chatbots, and Consciousness

Videos

Is Artificial General Intelligence too Dangerous to Build?

Eliezer Yudkowsky discusses his rationale for ceasing the development of Als more sophisticated than GPT-4.

Towards Neural Nets for Conscious Processing and Causal Reasoning

Yoshua Bengio speaking at Center for the Future of AI, Mind & Society

Hierarchical Consciousness: The Nested Observer Windows Model

Jonathan Schooler presents a framework for understanding consciousness as a hierarchy of information-processing modules integrated through nested rhythms.

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