Trent McConaghy: I’m working on Ocean Protocol. Ocean is a public utility network to safely & securely share AI data while preserving privacy. It has applications to data marketplaces and digital sovereignty. We aim to make the opportunities in AI more equal. My long-term goal is to help ensure that humanity has a role in an increasingly autonomous world.

Steve Omohundro: Steve has been a scientist, professor, author, software architect, and entrepreneur. He is a Research Scientist at Facebook working on AI-based simulation. He has degrees in Physics and Mathematics from Stanford and a Ph.D. in Physics from U.C. Berkeley. He was an award-winning computer science professor at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and cofounded the Center for Complex Systems Research. He was the Chief Scientist of AIBrain and served on its Board of Directors. He was the Founder and CEO of Possibility Research which worked to develop new foundations for Artificial Intelligence based on precise mathematical semantics and Self-Aware Systems which worked to make intelligent technologies beneficial for humanity.

This video is part of Foresight’s Gaming the Future Book Club on  Chapter 9. WELCOME NEW PLAYERS | Artificial Intelligences.