Monthly Archives: June 2008

Kolmogorov, Solomonoff, AIXI etc. questions

Posted on 25 June, 2008 by Shane Legg

Many people seem to have questions about Kolmogorov complexity, Solomonoff induction, algorithmic probability theory, AIXI, the universal intelligence measure and so on.  I don’t always have time to watch all the email lists where these things get discussed, but if … Continue reading →

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SIAI Canada Academic Prize for 2008

Posted on 23 June, 2008 by Shane Legg

This morning I received the wonderful news that I’ve won the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence – Canada Academic Prize for 2008! The award is in “recognition of [my] efforts to improve AI theory” and is worth CAD $10,000.  This … Continue reading →

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Dr. Legg and the Gatsby Unit

Posted on 17 June, 2008 by Shane Legg

This morning I passed my PhD defence… making me now Dr. Legg.  Soon I’ll upload my thesis “Machine Super Intelligence” to lulu.com where you will be able to pick up a printed copy at cost if you’re interested. And in … Continue reading →

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Neural networks with Nvidia CUDA

Posted on 9 June, 2008 by Shane Legg

If Roadrunner is a bit beyond your budget, simulating neural networks with GPUs might be an option: The next generation of Nvidia GPUs will support enhancements such as double precision floating point in order to make them more suitable for … Continue reading →

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Roadrunner reaches a Petaflop

Posted on 9 June, 2008 by Shane Legg

According to this article the Roadrunner supercomputer has now reached a Petaflop.  Although it doesn’t sound like an official benchmark result yet, given that the International Supercomputing Conference starts in a week I guess the timing of the article is … Continue reading →

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Thinking about ethical AGI, part 2

Posted on 1 June, 2008 by Shane Legg

Currently the foremost thinker on the ethics and safety of artificial general intelligence is Eliezer Yudkowsky of the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence.  On a few occasions I have tried to read some of his writings on this topic.  Every … Continue reading →

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