The Longevity Summit Dublin 2024 featured a range of experts discussing the latest developments in ageing research and biotechnology. Ben Goertzel, the keynote speaker, addressed the intersection of AI and decentralised science, particularly focusing on how these fields could revolutionize longevity research. His talk provided a visionary look at the future of AGI, decentralised AI networks, and ethical approaches to AI development in the longevity space.

Key Points:

• AI and Longevity: Goertzel discussed how AI has progressed since the early 2000s, particularly in processing longevity data. AI is now at a stage where it can contribute meaningfully to extending human life.
• Artificial General Intelligence (AGI): He outlined the gradual movement towards AGI, which will likely accelerate once human-level intelligence is achieved, allowing for rapid advancements in superintelligence.
• Decentralised AI: A major focus was decentralizing AI infrastructure, enabling independent AI systems to collaborate on large-scale problems like longevity without reliance on centralized tech companies.
• Ethical Data Sourcing: Goertzel emphasized the importance of ethically sourced data for AI training, advocating for decentralised, heterogeneous data infrastructures over the current centralized models controlled by big tech.
• Applications in Longevity: Two notable projects—RUV.AI and RUV Bio—are using decentralised AI to collect and analyse data from volunteers, facilitating the discovery of new longevity therapies.
• Fruit Fly Research: He shared progress from studies on long-lived fruit flies, which are providing key biological insights into ageing, potentially leading to new therapies for humans.