Ben Goertzel
CEO. of AI software company Novamente LLC and bioinformatics company Biomind LLC
Ben Goertzel, PhD is CEO of AI software company Novamente LLC and bioinformatics company Biomind LLC; leader of the open-source OpenCog Artificial General Intelligence software project; Chief Technology Officer of biopharma firm Genescient Corp.; Director of Engineering of digital media firm Vzillion Inc.; Advisor to the Singularity University and Singularity Institute; Research Professor in the Fujian Key Lab for Brain-Like Intelligent Systems at Xiamen University, China; and general Chair of the Artificial General Intelligence conference series. His research work encompasses artificial general intelligence, natural language processing, cognitive science, data mining, machine learning, computational finance, bioinformatics, virtual worlds and gaming and other areas, He has published a dozen scientific books, over 100 technical papers, and numerous journalistic articles. Before entering the software industry he served as a university faculty in several departments of mathematics, computer science and cognitive science, in the US, Australia and New Zealand. He has three children and too many pets, and in his spare time enjoys creating avant-garde fiction and music, and the outdoors.
Visit website: https://goertzel.org/
See also: 
Humanity+
- Nonprofit organization that promotes ethical use of new technologies to improve human capabilities
Details last updated 09-Apr-2020
Ben Goertzel is also referenced in the following:
AI and Decentralised Science in Longevity Research - Ben Goertzel at Longevity Summit Dublin 2024
Ben Goertzel delivered a keynote on AI and Decentralised Science in Longevity Research
Longevity Summit Dublin 2024
13-Jun-2024 to 16-Jun-2024
Event gathering Global Longevity and Rejuvenation community in Dublin by LEV Foundation (Dublin, Ireland)
RAADfest 2022
06-Oct-2022 to 09-Oct-2022
In person, in San Diego, CA. Organised by Coalition for Radical Life Extension.
Transvision Madrid 2021
08-Oct-2021 to 10-Oct-2021
World congress discussing on futurist concepts like longevity extension, artificial intelligence, human enhancement and other technologies with first humanoid robot speaker, Sophia, organized by HumanityPlus.
