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Gaming the Future: The Book!

Neurotech

Workshop

Whole Brain Emulation

Hosted by

May 22 - 23, 2023,
9 am - 5 pm

Hosted by

Anders Sandberg

Future of Humanity Institute

Allison Duettmann

Foresight Institute

Venue outside Oxford

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Goal

WBE is a potential technology to generate software intelligence that is human-aligned simply by being based directly on human brains. Generally past discussions have assumed a fairly long timeline to WBE, while past AGI timelines had broad uncertainty. There were also concerns that the neuroscience of WBE might boost AGI capability development without helping safety, although no consensus did develop. Recently many people have updated their AGI timelines towards earlier development, raising safety concerns. That has led some people to consider whether WBE development could be significantly speeded up, producing a differential technology development re-ordering of technology arrival that might lessen the risk of unaligned AGI by the presence of aligned software intelligence. 

Whether this is a viable strategy depends on
(1) AGI timelines not being ultra-short
(2) whether WBE development can be speeded up significantly by a concerted effort, (3) this speedup doesn’t introduce other risks or ethical concerns. 

The goals of this workshop is to try to
(A) review the current state of the art in WBE related technology
(B) outline plausible development paths and necessary steps for full WBE
(C) determine whether there is potential for speeding up WBE development
(D) whether there are strategic, risk or ethical issues speaking against this

Format

This two-day event invites leading researchers, entrepreneurs, and funders to drive progress. Explore new opportunities, form lasting collaborations, and join us in driving cooperation toward shared long-term goals. Including mentorship hours, breakouts, and speaker & sponsor gathering. Agenda below. Apply to join as attendee, sponsor, or presenter.

Confirmed Participants

Todd Huffman, e11:

Slicing & Mapping Your Brain

Davidad, Oxford University:

Rethinking Uploading Given 10-year AI Timelines

Maryna Polyakova, Foresight Institute:

The Neurotech Tree

Michael Andregg, Fathom:

Compute Considerations for WBEs

Michael A Skuhersky, MIT:

C.elegans Emulation

Logan Collins, Washington University:

Emulating Insect Brains

Kenneth Hayworth, HHMI:

Brain Emulation Prospects

Renaud Jolivet, Maastricht University:

Simulating The Other Half Of The Brain

Randall A. Koene, Carboncopies:

Modeling & Translation Bottlenecks

Robert McIntyre, Nectome:

AGI Risks & WBE Opportunities

Sumner Norman, Caltech:

BCI Capabilities Relevant to WBEs

Workshop

Whole Brain Emulation

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VIP EVENING

6.00 – 8.00 pm

Speaker & Sponsor Drinks

Day 1: TECH & TRAJECTORIES

09:00 – 10:00 am

Introductions

10:00 – 10:30 am

Workshop goals

10:30 – 12:00 am

Lightning presentations

12:00 – 01:00 pm

Lunch (mentorship pairings)

01:00 – 02:30 pm

Lightning presentations

02:30 – 03:00 pm

Break 

03:00 – 04:30 pm

Lightning presentations

04:30 – 05:30 pm

Working group formation

05:30 – 07:00 pm

Dinner (mentorship pairings)

07:00 – 09:00 pm

Breakout drinks

Day 2: OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROGRESS

09:00 – 10:00 am

Networking

10:00 – 12:00 pm

Working groups

12:00 – 01:00 pm

Lunch (mentorship pairings)

01:00 – 03:00 pm

Working group presentations

03:00 – 03:30 pm

Next steps

04:00 – 06:00 pm

Aftershow drinks (mentorship pairings)

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