Joscha Bach

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Joscha Bach
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Bach
Born1973
Weimar, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationCognitive scientist
Websitebach.ai

Joscha Bach (born 1973 in Weimar, Germany) is a cognitive scientist focusing on cognitive architectures, models of mental representation, emotion, motivation, and sociality.[1]

Education and roles[]

Master of Arts in Computer Science, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, 2000. Doctor of Philosophy, Osnabrück University, Germany, 2006.[2][3] Bach's Ph.D. was in cognitive science.[4][5]

Roles[]

Bach has taught computer science, AI, and cognitive science at the Humboldt-University of Berlin and the Institute for Cognitive Science at Osnabrück. He worked as a visiting researcher at the MIT Media Lab and the Harvard Program for Evolutionary Dynamics.[6] He then joined AI Foundation, working as VP of Research.[7]

Achievements[]

Achievements include research in novel data compression algorithm using concurrent entropy models; development of microPsi[8] cognitive architecture for modeling emotion, motivation, mental representation.[9]

Other[]

Bach has written a book on cognitive science called Principles of Synthetic Intelligence.[10][11]

References[]

  1. ^ AI Foundation about
  2. ^ Edge Foundation record[1]
  3. ^ TEDxBeaconStreet Talks[2]
  4. ^ "Science, Technology & the Future | Exciting progress in Artificial Intelligence – Joscha Bach".
  5. ^ https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Zoqp8EDcaGiPkdFKM/online-ssc-meetup-with-guest-speaker-joscha-bach-july-19th
  6. ^ Harvard Program for Evolutionary Dynamics [3]
  7. ^ https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Zoqp8EDcaGiPkdFKM/online-ssc-meetup-with-guest-speaker-joscha-bach-july-19th
  8. ^ Cognitive Artificial Intelligence The MicroPsi Project [4]
  9. ^ "Joscha Bach | Edge.org". www.edge.org. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  10. ^ Bach, Joscha (2009-04-06). Principles of Synthetic Intelligence: Psi: An Architecture of Motivated Cognition.
  11. ^ Bach, Joscha. "Principles of Synthetic Intelligence: An Architecture of Motivated Cognition" (PDF).

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