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Sam Altman on the dawn of superintelligence
News Jun 12, 2025

Sam Altman on the dawn of superintelligence

How artificial intelligence is reshaping our world, boosting productivity, and unlocking scientific discoveries for a transformative future.
Giulio Prisco 2 min read
Meta’s push for superintelligent AI
News Jun 11, 2025

Meta’s push for superintelligent AI

Meta is launching a new AI lab to build superintelligence, aiming to surpass human brain capabilities and stay competitive in the tech race.
Giulio Prisco 2 min read
Grace Robot’s Thoughts on AGI Toddler “Soul Chips”| Highlights: Episode 1 of the Mindplex Pubcast
Podcast Mar 4, 2023

Grace Robot’s Thoughts on AGI Toddler “Soul Chips”| Highlights: Episode 1 of the Mindplex Pubcast

Grace Robot shares her thoughts with Ben Goertzel, David Brin and Lisa Rein regarding the AGI Toddler "soul chip" scenario that Ben Goertzel describes in Episode 1 of the Mindplex Podcast .
Mindplex Magazine 1 min read
Large World Models with spatial intelligence
News Oct 1, 2024

Large World Models with spatial intelligence

An AI that understands and operates in the 3D physical world
Giulio Prisco 2 min read
How Do We Ethically "Reitre" Our First Self-Aware AGI Prototypes? | Highlights from Season 1 Finale
Podcast Nov 6, 2023

How Do We Ethically "Reitre" Our First Self-Aware AGI Prototypes? | Highlights from Season 1 Finale

Grace Robot and Desdemona Robot discuss their concerns about the ethics of building self-aware AGI systems and describe a haunting scenario from a book by Thomas Metzinger with similar concerns.
Mindplex Magazine 1 min read
Ben Goertzel Explains How Cogito’s AI Tracercoins Are Not Pinned to a FIAT Currency | Highlights From Episode 9
Podcast Jul 3, 2023

Ben Goertzel Explains How Cogito’s AI Tracercoins Are Not Pinned to a FIAT Currency | Highlights From Episode 9

Ben Goertzel explains how AI Tracercoins compare and contrast with all existing stablecoins, by not being pinned to a FIAT currency, thereby fulfilling the dream of a truly decentralized currency.
Mindplex Magazine 1 min read
Ben Goertzel Explains Knowledge Representation in Narrow AI | Highlights from Episode 6
Podcast May 16, 2023

Ben Goertzel Explains Knowledge Representation in Narrow AI | Highlights from Episode 6

Ben Goertzel explains the process of choosing a way to represent things in a narrow AI systems and how meta representations provide different possible representations for a certain problem.
Mindplex Magazine 1 min read
Ben Goertzel and Jim Rutt discuss “Raising AGIs” | Highlights from Episode 5
Podcast Apr 27, 2023

Ben Goertzel and Jim Rutt discuss “Raising AGIs” | Highlights from Episode 5

Ben Goertzel and Jim Rutt discuss how the AGIs of the future might be “raised” and the importance of “what’s shaping their minds” so they might appreciate human values.
Mindplex Magazine 1 min read
How Rejuve’s Methuselah Flies are bred to have a longer lifespan | Highlights from Episode 3 of the Mindplex Podcast
Podcast Mar 27, 2023

How Rejuve’s Methuselah Flies are bred to have a longer lifespan | Highlights from Episode 3 of the Mindplex Podcast

Michael Duncan and Ben Goertzel explain Rejuve.BIO’s techniques for genetic inheritance in the Methuselah Flies that enable some groups to have a much longer than normal lifespan.
Mindplex Magazine 1 min read
The Dawn of Drone Dominance in American Airpower
Mindbytes Nov 28, 2023

The Dawn of Drone Dominance in American Airpower

?? The future of air warfare is here! U.S. military shifts to drone dominance ?, embracing unmanned technology for superior airpower. ?️✨ Get ready for a robotic revolution! #DroneEra
Lewis Farrell 2 min read