Blockchain Meets Artificial Intelligence with Dr. Ben Goertzel

Dr. Ben Goertzel is the CEO and Founder of SingularityNET, a Blockchain-based marketplace for Artificial Intelligence (AI).

He has a PhD in Mathematics and is known as the ‘father of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).’

 

In this episode, we discuss:

– The basics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)

– The Singularity – popularized by Ray Kurzweil but originating much earlier – in the 1960s

– And most importantly, we explore the intersection of Blockchain and AI, both in today’s environment, as well as in the future

 

SHOW NOTES

[00:59] – Who is Dr. Ben Goertzel? Introduction and overview

[04:11] – How did Ben get started with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain?

[06:11] – The difference between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)

[09:34] – Machine Learning, Neural Networks, and AI. Clearing up the terminology

[12:43] – What is SingularityNET?

[17:38] – Homomorphic vs. Public Key Encryption

[22:25] –Developing an AI rating system

[22:55] –Ben Goertzel gives an overview of ‘curation markets’

[25:02] – A brief description of SingularityNET’s ‘AGI’ token

[27:02] – Ben discusses the issue of scaling plaguing almost every public Blockchain right now

[32:26] – Of IOTA and BigchainDB

[35:25] – Ben discusses Trent McConaghy’s work

[37:52] – The strategy for launching the SingularityNET network

[40:28] – Sophia, the world’s most emotionally expressive robot

[41:48] – ‘AI-as-a-Service’

[47:42] – Ben discusses the concept of ‘Singularity’

[52:25] – Will the arrival of a Singularity pose an existential threat to mankind?

[55:56] – Some of the other technologies Ben Goertzel believes will change the world

[58:23] – His take on how Blockchain will play a part in the future technology landscape

[1:02:23] – Ben’s take on the state of Bitcoin and Ethereum in 10 years

[1:05:18] – His advice to companies interested in innovating with Blockchain, cryptocurrency, or AI

[1:10:28] – How to get in touch with Ben Goertzel

[1:11:10] – Conclusion

 

RESOURCES DISCUSSED

– Artificial Intelligence definition

– Artificial General Intelligence

– Machine Learning

– Neural Networks

– Deep Neural Networks

– David Hanson

– Homomorphic Encryption

– Public Key Encryption

– Numerai

– Curation Markets

– The AGI token

– EOS

– IOTA

– NEM

– Hashgraph

– Economic Space Agency (Gravity protocol)

– Declarative Logic

– Swell by Ripple

– Plasma

– Criticism of IOTA

– BigchainDB

– Ocean protocol

– Trent McConaghy

– Fast Function Extractor (FFX)

– Genetic Algorithms

– The assignment of credit problem in AI

– OpenCog Foundation

– Hanson Robotics

– Sophia

– OpenCV

– TensorFlow

– Novamente LLC

– AI as a service

– Ray Kurzweil

– Singularity

– Vernor Vinge

– Irving John (“I. J.”) Good

– Icog Labs in Ethiopia

– Quantum Computing

– Nanotechnology

– Brain computer interfacing (e.g. Elon Musk’s Neuralink)

– Factom

– Chinese government adopting Blockchain to counter corruption

– Logic/Inference Engines

– Ant systems

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

– SingularityNET website

– SingularityNET whitepaper

– Ben Goertzel on Twitter