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NESS, the Neural-Symbolic Sandwich
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
Distinction-Calculus: New Math for Minds That Can Fork, Merge and Morph
Article Oct 2, 2026

Distinction-Calculus: New Math for Minds That Can Fork, Merge and Morph

Ben Goertzel’s distinction calculus proposes mathematics for AI agents that split, merge and rewrite themselves, raising a central AGI question: how can changing minds preserve what matters?
Ben Goertzel 50 min read
ELI5: Hyperon for complete idiots (part 1)
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
ELI5: Hyperon for complete idiots (part 2)
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
Beyond Binary Intelligence: A Mathematical Framework for Consciousness and Meaning
Community Feb 9, 2026

Beyond Binary Intelligence: A Mathematical Framework for Consciousness and Meaning

A bold mathematical theory replaces binary logic with graded systems, explaining how intelligence, consciousness, and meaning emerge, and offering a unified path toward interpretable, genuinely self-aware artificial minds.

Netsanet Tesfaye 4 min read
A Litmus Test for Machine Consciousness
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
Unlocking the Patterns of Meaning: Intensional Inheritance Between Concepts
Community Feb 19, 2026

Unlocking the Patterns of Meaning: Intensional Inheritance Between Concepts

An information-theoretic framework quantifying intensional inheritance, enabling AI systems to model conceptual meaning, probabilistic relationships, and human-like reasoning beyond simple example-based hierarchies.

Henok Yoseph 5 min read
Evolving Altruistic Machines
Podcast May 30, 2026

Evolving Altruistic Machines

Can AI Learn to Care? The question of our time: What if the only way to build safe, aligned AI is not to program it, but to let it evolve?


Mindplex Magazine 1 min read