EVOLVING AI: LT. DATA WILL BE BORN FROM ARTIFICIAL WORMS

Stephen David Larsonhttp://slarsØn.com

Lieutenant Data

Artificial intelligence can be powerful

But even clever programs still don’t appear generally intelligent

http://20q.net

Why Artificial Intelligence has fallen short

http://www.blog.iqmatrix.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/problem-solving-tactics.jpg

We can build systems to solve specific problems, but not problems in general.

Reverse engineering the brain

Understanding how the brain processes information in order to learn the tricks it uses to create intelligence

Neuroscience is exploding but biological systems are extremely complex

Pushing the state of the art of data integration

State of the art brain simulation

http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/out_of_the_blue/

http://www.mcell.cnl.salk.edu/

What neuroscience can learn from AI: embodiment

What neuroscience can learn from AI: embodiment

World

Sensor input,

Control System, Motor output

“body”

What neuroscience can learn from AI: embodiment

World

Virtual physical organisms in a computer simulation

Worms!

Enter the worm: c. elegans

What’s up, baby?

Enter the worm: c. elegans

I’ve only got 1000

cells in my whole body… please

simulate me!

A complete simulation of the worm’s brain, body and environment

Simulated

WorldDetailed simulation of worm body

Detailed simulation of worm neurons

The goal: understanding a faithfully simulated nervous system end to end

Extracting mathematical principles from simple nervous systems is necessary if we are going to understand and reconstruct the much larger nervous system of the human.

Outreach: put the model online and let the world play with it

•Sex: Hermaphrodite•Interested in: Escaping my worm Matrix•Relationship status: Its complicated.

Thanks!

Stephen David Larsonhttp://slarsØn.com

Could I really have come from a worm?

That’s right

sonny!

But I’m a ton smarter than

you are!

You gotta start

somewhere!