Joscha Bach
Joscha Bach | |
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Born | 1973 Weimar, Germany |
Nationality | German |
Occupation | Cognitive scientist |
Website | bach |
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[]
- ^ AI Foundation about
- ^ Edge Foundation record[1]
- ^ TEDxBeaconStreet Talks[2]
- ^ "Science, Technology & the Future | Exciting progress in Artificial Intelligence – Joscha Bach".
- ^ https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Zoqp8EDcaGiPkdFKM/online-ssc-meetup-with-guest-speaker-joscha-bach-july-19th
- ^ Harvard Program for Evolutionary Dynamics [3]
- ^ https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Zoqp8EDcaGiPkdFKM/online-ssc-meetup-with-guest-speaker-joscha-bach-july-19th
- ^ Cognitive Artificial Intelligence The MicroPsi Project [4]
- ^ "Joscha Bach | Edge.org". www.edge.org. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
- ^ Bach, Joscha (2009-04-06). Principles of Synthetic Intelligence: Psi: An Architecture of Motivated Cognition.
- ^ Bach, Joscha. "Principles of Synthetic Intelligence: An Architecture of Motivated Cognition" (PDF).
External links[]
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- Official website
- AI Foundation about
- Joscha Bach on Twitter
- Joscha Bach publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Artificial Intelligence with Lex Fridman podcast #101 – Joscha Bach: Artificial Consciousness and the Nature of Reality [5]
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Computer scientists
- Cognitive scientists
- Artificial intelligence researchers
- Scientists from Weimar
- Humboldt University of Berlin alumni
- Osnabrück University alumni