“Can Intelligence Explode?” is the title of a lecture and paper by artificial general intelligence (agi) researcher Marcus Hutter. From Hutter’s website:
‘I am Professor in the Research School of Computer Science (RSCS) at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra. Before I was with IDSIA in Switzerland and NICTA. My research at RSCS/ANU/NICTA/IDSIA is/was centered around Universal Artificial Intelligence, which is a mathematical top-down approach to AI, related to Kolmogorov complexity, algorithmic probability, universal Solomonoff induction, Occam’s razor, Levin search, sequential decision theory, dynamic programming, reinforcement learning, and rational agents. Generally I’m attracted by fundamental problems on the boundary between Science and Philosophy, which have a chance of being solved in my expected lifespan. One is Artificial Intelligence. The other is Particle Physics with questions related to physical Theories of Everything. Mathematics in its whole breadth (statistics, numerics, algebra, …) has become my constant and cherished companion.‘
Hutter is best known for creating AIXI, Universal Algorithmic Intelligence.
Below is a video of a lecture that Hutter presented at the Singularity Summit Australia 2012. Slides for the lecture can be found here (power point) and here (pdf).
