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NEW [16.09.28] Ajou holds a conference on artificial intelligence with Dr. Ben Goertzel

  • 2016-10-06
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Ajou holds a conference on artificial intelligence with Dr. Ben Goertzel

[16.09.28]


At 2 p.m. on September 28th, Ajou University's Center for New Industries and Convergence Technologies (Director Joo Yeoun Lee) held the '1st Global Conference on New Industries and Convergence Technologies' in Yulgok Hall's Grand Auditorium under the theme 'Changes That Artificial Intelligence (AI) Will Bring.'


Dr. Ben Goertzel, a world-renowned AI expert who heads the OpenCog Foundation, gave a lecture at the Conference. He has served as a leader in the field by opening the source code of OpenCog – a platform for controlling AI robots – and sharing it with AI developers around the world.


In his lecture, Dr. Goertzel said, "AI is expected to play a central role in most social areas and replace the majority of professions in ten years. Knowledge that is now being taught at universities may be useless by then. Nevertheless, we should continue to strive to build our learning abilities."
 

After the lecture, Ajou's Center for New Industries and Convergence Technologies signed an MOU with Pangyo Global CTO Club (Chairman Se Tak Chang). The two sides plan to lead in establishing a collaboration system among industries, academia, and research institutes by connecting the Pangyo, Gwanggyo, and Dongtan areas and to serve as the hub and spokes of new industries and convergence technologies in our hyper-connected society.


Professor Joo Yeoun Lee said, "Dr. Ben Goertzel is a prominent scholar who has pioneered AI projects," adding, "This conference will contribute to boosting research in new industries and convergence technologies."