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Chief Science Adviser

Matthew Ikle

Depending on who you talk to, and what you define as "AGI", it is estimated that we will have achieved artificial general intelligence sometime between any day now and a hundred years away. A lot of current AI applications are merely iterative improvements to current technology, but what sort of paradigm shift in reality will occur after we unlock AGI?

This session will be taking place entirely in English. Listen along with live Portuguese translations by using LiveVoice, accessible via the menu in the Web Summit Rio mobile app.

After AGI

Join the Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) Alliance for a groundbreaking live experience.
Meet Desi, the humanoid robot. Created by master artist and roboticist David Hanson and his team at Hanson Robotics and powered by SingularityNET. Whether you're curious, confused, or just feel like chatting, Desi is here to help. Ask anything and interact naturally, it’s like talking to a super-smart friend who just happens to be a robot!
In this interactive session at Rio Web Summit, you'll get up close with Desi, ask any question you can think of, from quantum physics to pineapple on pizza. 

This session will be taking place in Portuguese and English. Listen along with live translations by using LiveVoice, accessible via the menu in the Web Summit Rio mobile app.


