Memphis, Tennessee. March 1-3, 2008 – The FedEx Institute of Technology and the University of Memphis, in cooperation with AAAI, team up to present the First Conference on Artificial General Intelligence. Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is a rapidly growing research area focusing on the original and ultimate goal of AI - to create intelligence at the human level and beyond, by exploring all available paths, including computer science, cognitive science, neuroscience, and innovative interdisciplinary methodologies.
The First Conference on Artificial General Intelligence brings 100 AI researchers, mostly PhD scientists from university and corporate labs, to plot the course of AGI’s future. AGI research is expected to accelerate dramatically in the next few years due to advances in computing technology and cognitive science, as well as allied disciplines such as virtual worlds and neuroscience.
When John McCarthy coined the term “Artificial Intelligence” in 1955, it was AGI that he had in mind. The AI field has made dramatic progress in creating task-oriented intelligent software. Now scientists want to “get back to the deepest questions of AI and general intelligence,” in a renewed attack on the problem of AGI.
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