Hugo de Garis

Hugo de Garis (born 1947, Sydney, Australia) is an associate professor of computer science at Utah State University. He is one of the more notorious researchers in the sub-field of artificial intelligence known as evolvable hardware which involves evolving neural net circuits directly in hardware to build artificial brains.

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1947 - Sydney - Australia - Computer science - Utah State University - Artificial intelligence - Evolvable hardware - Neural net

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He is more recently famous for his view of eventual AI dominance over humans which has sparked debate and criticism, particularly among the more media-friendly members of the AI research community.

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De Garis's early studies were on theoretical physics, but he abandoned this field of research in favour of AI and artificial life.

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Theoretical physics - Artificial life

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