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Can we create an Artificial Intelligence that loves, unconditionally? <A HREF="http://www.mossbridgeinstitute.com/about/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">Dr. Julia Mossbridge</A>,Director of the IONS Innovation Lab, will explore this idea, in theory and practice. We'll hear about a new project, with some of the greatest minds in A.I., to actually research & ultimately develop A.I. with the welfare of humanity coded into its very heart. With recent public concerns about the potential harms of A.I., Julia will be asking the opposite question: How can the intelligent systems we create most benefit humanity? And can we apply ancient wisdom to the design of such modern systems?
(Also,Frank Heile Ph.D. (physics from Stanford) will give a 45 minute talk during break-out sessions about his forthcoming book,Spirituality Explained, which presents his three agent model of consciousness that is a materialistic explanation of spirituality in general & spiritual enlightenment in particular. See<A HREF="http://www.spiritualityexplained.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">www.SpiritualityExplained.com</A>for more details & previews of his talk.)
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<A HREF="http://noetic.org/innovation" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">Dr. Mossbridge</A> is the Director of the IONS Innovation Lab & a Visiting Scholar at Northwestern University. Herinterest is in how time is perceived by unconsciousand conscious processes has led her to examine aspects of both cognitive & perceptual timing (e.g.,order effects on reading comprehension, perceptual integration across senses) as well as the controversial reverse-temporal effects she analyzed in recent meta-analysis (covered in<A HREF="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/10/22/evidence-of-premonitions-hinted-at-in-new-study/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">ABC News 20/20</A>,<A HREF="http://blogs.wsj.com/ideas-market/2012/10/30/people-may-be-just-a-bit-psychic-even-they-dont-know-it/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">Wall Street Journal Ideas Market</A>,<A HREF="http://www.foxnews.com/science/2012/11/10/can-our-bodies-predict-future/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">Fox News</A>and other mainstream media outlets). A peer reviewer forBrain Research,Perception, Cognition,PLoS One,Explore, andJournal of theAcoustical Society of America,Dr. Mossbridgereceived funding from theNational Institutes of Healthin her role as post-doctoral member of the Psychology Department at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. She is also the 2014 winner of the Charles Honorton Integrative Contributions award.
Julia's Ph.D. in Communication Sciences & Disorders is from Northwestern University, her M.A. in Neuroscience is from the University of California at San Francisco, & she received her B.A. with highest honors in neuroscience from Oberlin College. Dr. Mossbridge is also the author of<A HREF="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/138861" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">Unfolding: The Perpetual Science of Your Soul's Work</A>(New World Library, 2002), & she writes about her attempts to find the soul in science on her blog<A HREF="http://unfoldingscience.blogspot.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">Unfolding Science</A>. In addition to continuing to pursue her research interests & support Mossbridge Institute,she is currently co-authoringa book,Transcendent Mind: Re-thinking the Science of Consciousness.
 
<H2>Schedule:</H2>
6:30-6:50:: Mingling & Snacks
6:50-7:00:: Structured schmoozing
7:00-7:10:: Consciousness Hacking introand announcements
7:10-8:00:: <A HREF="http://noetic.org/innovation" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">Dr. Julia Mossbridge + Q&A</A>
8:00-8:15:: Break / Snacks
8:15-9:15:: Break-Out Groups
9:15-9:20:: Closing
 
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