Peter Voss

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Founder and CEO of Aigo.ai (https://www.aigo.ai)

Founder of Smart Action Company LLC (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?5836)

Personal page - optimal.org/voss.html (http://www.optimal.org/voss.html)

linkedin.com/in/vosspeter (https://www.linkedin.com/in/vosspeter)

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https://youtu.be/i3hrEZEdGGM

Part 1: Inventor, futurist, engineer Peter Voss

Uploaded on Jan 12, 2010


Voss describes a new kind of A.I. (artificial intelligence) which he calls "artificial general intelligence" and how he's employed it to create voice activated call centers at his new company, Adaptive AI, Inc. He visualizes a future where researchers will have an army of virtual research assistants to advance the cause of longevity science.

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https://youtu.be/rJMi-GVYxXY

Part 2: Inventor, futurist, engineer Peter Voss

Uploaded on Jan 12, 2010


Voss describes a new kind of A.I. (artificial intelligence) which he calls "artificial general intelligence" and how he's employed it to create voice activated call centers at his new company, Adaptive AI, Inc. He visualizes a future where researchers will have an army of virtual research assistants to advance the cause of longevity science.

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https://youtu.be/4W_vtlSjNk0

Published on Jan 8, 2013


Peter Voss is the founder and CEO of Adaptive A.I. Inc, an R&D company developing a high-level general intelligence (AGI) engine. He is also founder and CTO of Smart Action Company LLC, which builds and supplies AGI-based virtual contact-center agents -- intelligent, automated phone operators.

Peter started his career as an entrepreneur, inventor, engineer and scientist at age 16. After several years of experience in electronics engineering, at age 25 he started a company to provide advanced custom hardware and software solutions. Seven years later the company employed several hundred people and was successfully listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

After selling his interest in the company in 1993, he worked on a broad range of disciplines — cognitive science, philosophy and theory of knowledge, psychology, intelligence and learning theory, and computer science — which served as the foundation for achieving new breakthroughs in artificial general intelligence. In 2001 he started Adaptive AI Inc., and last year founded Smart Action Company as its commercialization division.

Peter considers himself a free-minds-and-markets Extropian, and often writes and presents on philosophical topics including rational ethics, freewill and artificial minds. He is also deeply involved with futurism and life-extension.

My main occupation is research in high-level, general (domain independent, autonomous) Artificial Intelligence -- "Adaptive A.I. Inc."

I believe that integrating insights from the following areas of cognitive science are crucial for rapid progress in this field:

Philosophy/ epistemology - understanding the true nature of knowledge
Cognitive psychology (incl. developmental & psychometric) for analysis of cognition - and especially - general conceptual intelligence.
Computer science - self-modifying systems, combining new connectionist pattern manipulation techniques with 'traditional' AI engineering.
Anyone who shares my passion - and/ or concerns - for this field is welcome to contact me for brainstorming and possible collaboration.

My other big passion is for exploring what I call Optimal Living: Maximizing both the quantity & quality of life. I see personal responsibility and optimizing knowledge acquisition as key. Specific interests include:

Rationality, as a means for knowledge. I'm largely sympathetic to the philosophy of Objectivism, and have done quite a bit of work on developing a rational approach to (personal & social) ethics.
Health (quality): physical, financial, cognitive, and emotional (passions, meaningful relationships, appreciation of art, etc.). Psychology: IQ & EQ.
Longevity (quantity): general research, CRON (calorie restriction), cryonics
Environment: economic, social, political systems conducive to Optimal Living.
These interests logically lead to an interest in Futurism , in technology for improving life - overcoming limits to personal growth & improvement. The transhumanist philosophy of Extropianism best embodies this quest. Specific technologies that seem to hold most promise include AI, Nanotechnology, & various health & longevity approaches mentioned above.

I always enjoy meeting new people to explore ideas, and to have my views critiqued. To this end I am involved in a number of discussion groups and salons (e.g. 'Kifune' futurist dinner/discussion group). Along the way I'm trying to develop and learn the complex art of constructive dialog.

Interview done at SENS party LA 20th Dec 2012.

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https://youtu.be/GvFhNW3FUXY

Published on Apr 4, 2014



singularityweblog.com/peter-voss (https://www.singularityweblog.com/peter-voss)

Peter Voss is an entrepreneur, inventor, engineer, scientist and AI researcher. He is a rather interesting and unique individual not only because of his diverse background and impressive accomplishments but also because of his interest in moral philosophy and artificial intelligence. I have been planning to interview Voss for a while and, given how quickly our discussion went by, I will do my best to bring him again to Singularity 1 on 1.

During our 1-hour-long conversation with Peter we cover a variety of topics such as: his excitement in pursuing a dream that others have failed to accomplish for the past 50 years; whether we are rational or irrational animals; utility curves and the motivation of AGI; the importance of philosophy and ethics; Bertrand Russel and Ayn Rand; his companies A2I2 and Smart Action; his [revised] optimism and timeline for building AGI; the Turing Test and the importance of asking questions; Our Final Invention and friendly AI; intelligence and morality...

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https://youtu.be/IfAIwSvVBDE

Peter Voss [Part 2]: There is nothing more important & exciting than building AGI

Published on May 4, 2014


Peter Voss is an entrepreneur, inventor, engineer, scientist and AI researcher. He is a rather interesting and unique individual not only because of his diverse background and impressive accomplishments but also because of his interest in moral philosophy and artificial general intelligence. Given how quickly our first interview went by, I wanted to bring him back to Singularity 1 on 1 and dig a little deeper into some of the issues we touched on the previous time.

During our 53 min conversation with Peter we cover a variety of topics such as: if and how higher intelligence can make us moral; rational ethics; determinism and the nature of free will, consciousness and reality; the benefits of philosophising...

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https://youtu.be/brLeWnrq7N8

Peter Voss, AGI Innovations inc @ iHuman: The Future of Minds and Machines, SVForum

Published on Feb 10, 2015


We had the pleasure of interviewing, Peter Voss, the founder of AGI Innovations inc about AI technology and Robotics.