Редактирование: Hugo de Garis (раздел)

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'''Hugo de Garis''' is a retired researcher in [[genetic algorithms]], [[artificial intelligence]] (AI) and high-performance computing. His background is in theoretical physics. He changed fields to AI primarily due to the urgency and implications of its rapid acceleration following [[Moore's Law]]. 

De Garis is noted for his his belief that a major war between the supporters and opponents of intelligent machines, resulting in [[gigadeath|billions of deaths]], ''i.e.'' “Gigadeath war” is nearly inevitable before the end of the 21<sup>st</sup> century. This hypothesis, and the conditions leading up to it, are outlined in his work ''[[The Artilect War]]''.

In 2000 de Garis moved from ATR Research Institute in Japan to multidisciplinary, Deep Future research institute [[Starlab]], where he continued work on the CAM-Brain Project with [[Christopher Altman]] and Leo de Penning until the lab's closure in 2001. 

From Starlab, de Garis moved on to Utah State University for a short time before leading a brain builder group at Wuhan University in China, where he then retired. de Garis maintains collaborations with AI researcher [[Ben Goertzel]], who is based out of Hong Kong.