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<H1 CLASS="entry-title">Future of MindSymposium</H1>
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<P>Date: July 20th, 2016<BR> Location: The New School, NYC<BR> Sponsors: The New School, Humanity+<BR> Free and Open to the Public<BR> <EM>[seating is limited and registration via EVENTBRITE is <STRONG>required</STRONG>]</EM></P>
<P>Leaders: Dr. Ben <STRONG>Goertzel</STRONG> (Humanity+), Ed <STRONG>Keller</STRONG> (Associate Professor, The New School)</P>
<P>What form of cognition will be salient in our corner of the universe 50 years from now? Our models of mind have been forced to evolve radically in recent years, in the wake of accelerating scientific, mathematical, computational and cultural advancements. The Extended Mind Hypothesis, the Global Brain, Machine Consciousness, Artificial General Intelligence, Open Ended Intelligence and a host of other cutting-edge concepts are all part of this expanding landscape of cognitive models.</P>
<P>Provocatively- if the Technological Singularity envisioned by scientists like Ray Kurzweil and SF writers like Vernor Vinge arrives mid-century as foreseen- then the concept of intelligence will be expanded even more broadly. We may find ourselves living in a world populated by literally millions of kinds of intelligence, distributed across our planet and the local neighborhood of our solar system, occupying the macro, nano and femto scales, and perhaps penetrating aspects of reality we cannot now imagine.</P>
<P>In this workshop we will explore the future possibilities of intelligence in the broadest way possible. What kinds of minds will future AGIs and robots possess? What kinds of collective intelligence will emerge among humans, cyborgs, robots, and AIs? What new types of complex self-organizing dynamics will arise, stretching beyond our current concept of intelligence? What will our current notions of ethics, consciousness and creativity look like from the perspective of 2050 or 2200? What are the questions we should be asking about the future of mind and the mind of the future?</P>
<P>FUTURE of MIND will feature a series of panels moderated by Dr. Goertzel and Prof. Keller, combining contributions of expert panelists with those of audience members. Brief presentations by panelists will be followed by discussions encouraging participants and audience to develop a day long conversation.</P>
<P>The symposium will take place immediately following a four day [July 16-19], international, Human Level AI conference- HLAI 2016- the full details of which can be found here: <A HREF="http://agi-conf.org/hlai2016/" REL="nofollow">http://agi-conf.org/hlai2016/</A></P>
<P>The symposium has been organized as a collaboration between Humanity + [Goertzel] and The New Schools Center for Transformative Media [Keller]. The Computation and the Commons panel has been organized in collaboration with The New Centre [Tony Yanick et. al.]</P>
<P>A parallel summer seminar hosted by The New Centre, #AGI: Accelerate General Intelligence, will take place in NYC July 18-22. Please see the facebook event page and their site for more information.<BR> <A HREF="https://www.facebook.com/events/1569080556726402/" REL="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/events/1569080556726402/</A><BR> <A HREF="http://thenewcentre.org/" REL="nofollow">http://thenewcentre.org/</A></P>
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<P>Future of Mind proceedings will be video-recorded for online dissemination.</P>
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<P><STRONG>SCHEDULE<BR> </STRONG><EM>[PANELISTS TBC where indicated]</EM></P>
<P><STRONG>9:30-10 AM: Workshop Introduction</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>10-11:15 AM: SESSION 1: The Future of the Individual: AGIs, Cyborgs, Uploads, and </STRONG><BR> Epistemological horizons of the individual and collective mind. Rethinking the ethics and politics of mind beyond individual or gender.<BR> Panelists: Cosmo <STRONG>Harrigan</STRONG>, Natasha <STRONG>Vita-More</STRONG>, Amy <STRONG>Li</STRONG>, & by videolink Peter <STRONG>Watts</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>11:30-12:45: SESSION 2: Ethics, Ethologies and Ecologies of the Emerging Global Brain</STRONG><BR> Non-anthropocentric models of cognition and intelligence. Blockchain and tech-ecology as platform for a noosphere. The absolute limits of the human. Critically unpacking various computational models and a broader definition of life and ecology. Addressing the human/non-human/alien relationship.<BR> Panelists: David <STRONG>Weinbaum</STRONG>, Nick <STRONG>Land</STRONG>, Bill <STRONG>Hibbard</STRONG>, & by videolink Lucca <STRONG>Fraser</STRONG> [TBC]</P>
<P><STRONG>12:45-2 lunch break</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>2-3:15: SESSION 3: Economies of Intelligence</STRONG><BR> The economics of intelligence; and the intelligence of economies. Continuing thoughts on the relation between emerging radical economies and the role of cognitive & computational platforms. Infrastructure, complexity, collapse.<BR> Panelists: Alex <STRONG>Klokus</STRONG>, Ted <STRONG>Goertzel</STRONG>, Jos <STRONG>Cordeiro</STRONG></P>
<P><B>3:30-4:45: SESSION 4: </B><B>Computation and the Commons: The Future of the (Social) Mind<BR> </B>organized with the collaboration of The New Centre<BR> Panelists [TBC]: Reza <STRONG>Negarestani</STRONG>, Pete <STRONG>Wolfendale</STRONG>, Patricia <STRONG>Reed</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><B>5:00-6:15: SESSION 5</B>: Mind Beyond Mind</STRONG><BR> The relations linking radical invention, aesthetics, biological networks, and cognition. The Stack.<BR> Panelists: Vlad <STRONG>Redko</STRONG>, Elliott <STRONG>Sharp</STRONG>, David <STRONG>Hanson</STRONG>, Ben <STRONG>Bratton</STRONG> [by videolink]</P>
<P><STRONG><B>6:15-6:45 </B>: Workshop Wrap-up</STRONG></P>
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