Article Sep 29, 2026 NESS, the Neural-Symbolic Sandwich A new direction for making transformers AGI-friendly—via judiciously mixing continuous symbolic program learning into open-weights transformers. Ben Goertzel 43 min read
Article Aug 24, 2026 The Geopolitics of the Great AI Bet What Big Tech’s Big Bets on the Singularity Imply for National and Global Politics. Ben Goertzel 22 min read
Article Dec 5, 2025 ELI5: Hyperon for complete idiots (part 1) I'm trying to grok the AI framework Hyperon. This series of articles chronicles my learning journey. Giulio Prisco 8 min read
Article Aug 24, 2026 Big Tech’s Big Bets on the Singularity In Ben's word, this is "An attempt to comprehend the unfolding economics of the great AI bet, with and without decentralized AGI". Ben Goertzel 28 min read
Article Aug 28, 2026 ELI5: Hyperon for complete idiots (part 2) Hyperon is the artificial intelligence (AI) framework developed by Ben Goertzel and his team. This continues part 1. Giulio Prisco 8 min read
News Jul 28, 2026 AGI-26 conference opens in San Francisco Four-day gathering of AI experts launches with keynotes, workshops, and urgent questions on the path to human-level AGI. Giulio Prisco 2 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
News Apr 14, 2025 AI passes Turing Test but raises questions GPT-4.5 fools humans in text chats, but researchers say the Turing Test measures humanlikeness more than true intelligence. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
Community Nov 27, 2025 When AI Forms an Identity: Understanding the Lock-In Phase AI systems may mirror human development shifting from flexible imitation to stable identity. As AIs enter a “lock-in phase,” guiding this transformation becomes crucial for safety and reliability. Meklit Habtamu 2 min read