Future of Humanity Institute
Foresight Institute
Future of Humanity Institute
Foresight Institute
Whole Brain Emulation (WBE) represents a promising technology for creating human-aligned software intelligence directly derived from human brains. Recently, there has been a shift to consider shorter AGI timelines more plausible, raising safety concerns. That has led some people to consider whether neurotechnology, in particular BCI or WBE approaches, could be significantly sped up, producing a differential technology development re-ordering that might lessen the risk of unaligned AGI by the presence of aligned software intelligence.
Our 2023 workshop in this series, chaired by Anders Sandberg, FHI, explored AGI and WBE timelines, assessed which WBE approaches could be accelerated through coordinated efforts, and explored potential risks associated with these technologies. Recently, we also launched a Grants Program that funds work in this space. While this and other efforts shed light on a diversity of promising projects to support, the space remains nascent.Our 2024 Foresight Neurotech, BCI and WBE for Safe AI Workshop invites relevant researchers, entrepreneurs, and funders to present new approaches, and explore which neurotechnologies, in particular WBE approaches, could safely be advanced soon enough to matter in the context of relatively short AGI timelines. Explore emerging opportunities, form lasting collaborations, and further cooperation toward shared long-term goals. In addition to short presentations, working groups, and project development, we offer mentorship hours, open breakouts, and speaker & sponsor gatherings.
Is there Indeterminacy of Translation for Brains
Connectomics and AI Safety
WBE Roadmap launch & AI Considerations Report
Frontiers of Whole Brain Emulation
Scale-dependent WBE: an experimental driven research program
Adult intelligence amplification as Ai safety strategy
Scaling up ultrastructural brain mapping to cubic millimeters and beyond: Lessons from our recent study on human cortex
Bi-directional neural interface for vision restoration, science, and augmentation
Neurotechnology and the weak to strong AI generalization framework
Large-scale high-density brain-wide neural recording in nonhuman primates
Cyborgism and AI alignment
Alignment and value drift in whole brain emulation
An Engineering Path to Soft Uploads
The Smart Neuron: A Biologically-Inspired Foundational Building Block of Neural Networks
From foundation models in neuroscience to WBE
An MVP of the Whole-Brain Emulation Challenge
Mapping BCI Progress
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