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AGI

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News Jul 30, 2026

Nvidia invests billions in safe superintelligence start-up

Chipmaker partners with Ilya Sutskever’s secretive company to expand computing power for a claimed research advance in artificial intelligence.

Giulio Prisco 2 min read

Article Jul 16, 2025

We are the training data

A review of and a commentary to "Raising AI: An Essential Guide to Parenting Our Future" (2025), by De Kai.

Giulio Prisco 6 min read

Podcast Jan 14, 2026

Resolutions: Flourish or Die! The Choice is Ours

In this debate, Dr. Ben Goertzel and Dr. Roman Yampolskiy clash over the ultimate fate of humanity. The central question: Will AGI lead to our extinction or our unprecedented flourishing?

Mindplex Magazine 1 min read

News Aug 19, 2026

AGI Could Arrive Within a Year, Goertzel Says

Ben Goertzel compressed his AGI timeline from three-to-four years to 9-12 months after AGI-26, where researchers used AI agent swarms to do their actual work.

Linsey Smith 1 min read

Article Jan 13, 2023

The Singularity: Untangling the Confusion

This article highlights some of the prominent confusions regarding the concept of "The Singularity", and suggests greater clarity while listing six unsolved issues.

David Wood 14 min read

Article Feb 16, 2023

Large Language Models – From Banality to Originality

Here’s why ChatGPT falls short. Ben Goertzel discusses the limitations of ChatGPT and what needs to happen to progress from there to an AGI.

Ben Goertzel 11 min read

Podcast May 19, 2026

A Litmus Test for Machine Consciousness

Dr. Mihaela Ulieru interviews Dr. Chris Percy, philosopher, policy expert, and consciousness researcher, to explore the deepest questions at the intersection of AI, philosophy of mind, and ethics.

Mindplex Magazine 1 min read

News Jun 5, 2026

Anthropic on AI that recursively improves itself

Anthropic suggests that AI is already accelerating AI development, and charts the path to possible futures.

Giulio Prisco 2 min read

Article Apr 26, 2023

Don’t Shut Down AI Development — Open It Up For Real

Goertzel reflects on Future of Life Institute's proposal to pause GPT-5. He thinks they're biased towards AI's risks, not benefits. Currently, 7 countries have banned ChatGPT. To ban or not to ban?

Ben Goertzel 29 min read

Podcast Jul 14, 2026

HOLOGRAM: From Indexing Content to Indexing Meaning

Ilya Paveliev explains the difference between indexing content and indexing meaning, and why meaning requires coherence, stability under transformation, and the role of the observer.

Mindplex Magazine 1 min read