Singularity Summit SF Sep 2007
<p class="default">06:08 PM, August 23, 2007
 
<b>8:00 AM</b> Doors Open  <b>9:00 AMWelcome: The Singularity Summit to Address Advanced AI9:05 AM</b> Keynote: Rodney Brooks, MIT Panasonic Professor of Robotics  <b>9:45 AM</b> Singularity Intro: Eliezer Yudkowsky, SIAI Cofounder & Research Fellow  <b>10:10 AM</b> Break  <b>10:40 AMSession I: What are the Pathways and Major Challenges?</b> Barney Pell, Powerset Cofounder & CEO Wendell Wallach, Lecturer at Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics Sam Adams, IBM Distinguished Engineer at IBM Research  <b>12:30 PM</b> Lunch  <b>1:25 PM</b> Lunch: Special Presentation by Artificial Development  <b>2:00 PM</b> The Metaverse: Jamais Cascio, IEET Fellow  <b>2:25 PMSession II: What are the Potential Benefits and Implications?</b> Stephen M. Omohundro, Self-Aware Systems Founder & President Peter Voss, Adaptive Artificial Intelligence Founder & CEO Peter Thiel, Clarium Capital Management Founder & President  <b>4:15 PM</b> Break  <b>4:45 PMSession III: How Far are We from Advanced AI?</b> Neil Jacobstein, Teknowledge Chairman & CEO Paul Saffo, Lecturer at Stanford University Ben Goertzel, SIAI Director of Research & Novamente CEO  <b>6:35 PM</b> Break  <b>7:00 PM</b> Reception  <b>9:30 PM</b> Reception Ends  <b>Day One</b>
<b>8:00 AM</b> Doors Open  <b>9:00 AM Keynote: Peter Norvig, Google Director of Research9:40 AM</b> Break  <b>10:10 AMSession IV: What Risks May We Face?</b> Eliezer Yudkowsky, SIAI Cofounder & Research Fellow J. Storrs Hall, Scientist & Author of  <i>Beyond AI</i> Charles L. Harper, Jr., John Templeton Foundation Senior VP  <b>12:00 PM</b> Lunch  <b>12:50 PM</b> Lunch: Special Presentation by X PRIZE Foundation  <b>1:30 PM</b> Presentation by Steve Jurvetson  <b>1:55 PMSession V: What Should We Do to Prepare?</b> Christine Peterson, Foresight Nanotech Institute VP James Hughes, IEET Executive Director Expanded Panel Discussion  <b>3:45 PMClosing Q&A5:00 PM</b> Summit Ends
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