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Welcome to the Center for the Future Mind

Technology is rapidly changing the face of society. What awaits us in our technological future? For example, should there be an upper limit on technological innovations to extend our lifespans or redesign our minds? Could artificial intelligence (AI) surpass human-level intelligence? Should we merge with AI, as futurists like Elon Musk envision, and is that even scientifically possible?

We seek to answer important questions like these at the Center for the Future Mind, a multi-disciplinary hub located in the Gruber Sandbox where thought leaders in areas such as philosophy, complex systems, AI, and neuroscience come together to analyze vital scientific, societal, and ethical issues. With world-famous thought leaders, a major media profile, and regular presentations to Congress and their staff, the Center aims to enhance our understanding of the future of intelligence.

The center is directed by Susan Schneider, the William F. Dietrich Distinguished Professor at Florida Atlantic and former NASA Chair and Distinguished Scholar at the Library of Congress.

Spotlight: Center Activities
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Wall Street Journal: Artificial Intelligence Needs Guardrails and Global Cooperation

Risks abound when the internet becomes a playpen for thousands, perhaps millions, of artificial intelligence systems.

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OpenAI INSIDER Shares Future Scenarios | Scott Aaronson

Lecture by Scott Aaronson at MindFest 2024

Big tech doesn’t want AI to become conscious

An interview with Susan Schneider.

"AI Shouldn’t Decide What’s True"

Published in Nautilus. Experts on why trusting artificial intelligence to give us the truth is a foolish bargain.

AI Workshop series
Synthesizing Existence: AI, ALife, and the Fermi Paradox Workshop

Video coming soon!

Miami Herald Feature on Mindfest 2023

Press Coverage

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Talks
AGI is 5 Years Away!

Ben Goertzel speaking at Center Mindfest 2023

ChatGPT, Dark Matter, & AI

Stephen Wolfram speaking at Center Mindfest 2023

Alex Ellery

Self-replication, Lunar Industrial Ecology, and Space Colonization

Videos
Is Artificial General Intelligence too Dangerous to Build?

Eliezer Yudkowsky discusses his rationale for ceasing the development of Als more sophisticated than GPT-4.

Towards Neural Nets for Conscious Processing and Causal Reasoning

Yoshua Bengio speaking at Center for the Future Mind

Robin Hanson

Brain Simulability, Institutional Innovation, and Prediction Markets

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Mark Bailey, Ph.D. - Center Distinguished Senior Fellow on Artificial Intelligence, Complexity and Risk named Homeland Security Today’s “Trailblazers 23"
Kilian and Mark Bailey in Futures on Differential AI Risk and the Problem of Control
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Futurism article about Center Fellow Dr. Mark Bailey's Paper on the Fermi Paradox
Member Lenore Blum spearheads open letter calling for AI consciousness research in Large Language Models
Florida Atlantic Mindfest 2023 Marks Grand Opening of Center for the Future Mind
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What is consciousness? ChatGPT and advanced AI might redefine our answer
Garrett Mindt interviewed in Inverse: The wildest sci-fi movie on Netflix reveals a way to hack your brain
Susan Schneider and Jonathan Birch, "Investigating Nonhuman Consciousness"
Center for the Future Mind Welcomes Two New Postdocs to the Sandbox, the Lab and the Center
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