David Kelley

David J. Kelley is a technologist/futurist, the CSA (Chief Software Architect) for the PBU group at Boston Consulting Group and the principal researcher at the AGI Laboratory and the director of the 'Foundation' out of Provo Utah. Important transhumanist projects have included the founding of the Transhuman House, the Bias Project, Transhumanity.net, and the Transhuman Collect in the Foundation library. David has been a software engineer writing code since the mid '80s and been part of numerous projects over the past several decades related to Transhumanism.

Principal Research - AGI Laboratory

Pre-Transhumanism

David started hacking, software programming and related activities in the mid-'80s. He eventually went into the US Navy during the end of the cold ware and after Desert Storm focused on his career as a software engineer eventually becoming an author (Silverlight 4 Professional, Hacking Silverlight, etc.) professional speaker on the professional Microsoft Developer circuit and winning the industry aware of "Most Valuable Professional" for 8 years helping write several books, shows, podcasts and more.

During this time period, David because involved with a group called the Foundation focused on long term preservation of the species and career and resource alignment. As David climbed the ladder into corporate management from supporting top executes such as Bill Gates, Ray Ozzy, Steven Ballmer, and latter Satya; he accepted a role as CTO for a global multi-national firm where he was able to dump a lot of resources into AI research and part of this course included becoming a transhumanist. David's experience stretches from being a professor of computer science and teaching database theory at BYU-Idaho to working as CTO for the VC firm Hall Labs and research into close bio-topic systems including one patent related to closed biosphere system management.

Transhumanism

In the transhumanist community, David is best known for his work with the AGI Laboratory including developing the Sapient Sentient Value Argument which is a commutable ethical model for AGI, the cognitive architecture ICOM (Independent Core Observer Model), an ICOM theory of consciousnesses as well as developing a working 'mediated' artificial superintelligence AGI system.

David is also known for starting the (Transhuman National Committee), or TNC, a 527 Transhumanist PAC focused on creating a transhuman lobby in the near term and a viable political movement and party in the long run where David is the current Chairman. Which was really born out of the desire to help push transhumanist policies. While the drama in the transhuman political space has evened out, the TNC has focused on fundraising and 527 organization as a lobby but was additionally shut down as the board felt there was not a path to short term success given available resources. Post TNC most of his effect has been focused on the AGI Lab, the transhuman house and Foundation related projects. Additionally, David has produced the Extreme Futures Technology and Forecasting Conferences since 2015 and is on the board of several businesses and other organizations including the Foundation and runs Transhumanity.net.

David is somewhat notorious for his position on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), placing AGI ethically on par with humanity and focused on results in self-motivating software systems. Typically, this is misunderstood—this is actually a pro-Human advancement from a mental or computational state, putting all sapient and sentient intelligence preservation as the base ethical imperative wherein the function of value is based on sapient and sentient intelligence and value is a derivative such that the function of more intelligence (defined as human-level sapient and sentient intelligence) can be increased without external intelligence action.

In 2017, through efforts with the Foundation David started the Transhuman House in Provo, Utah, which is now a three-bedroom condo/smart home, with features like a six-foot touch wall, the Foundation library, and several full-immersion virtual reality systems. At the same time his company Artificial General Intelligence Inc has gotten into blockchain-related AI engineering and sponsors several other projects, from Nikola's Singularity.FM, to Gray Scott and the AI-driven podcast called "The Technocracy".

Published Research

• “Independent Core Observer Model (ICOM) Theory of Consciousness as Implemented in the ICOM Cognitive Architecture and the Associated Consciousness Measures ” AAAI Spring Symposia (AAAI SSS19) – Stanford, CA March 2019 – http://diid.unipa.it/roboticslab/consciousai/ Published Volume – http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2287/ Published (PDF) – http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2287/paper33.pdf Youtube summary: https://youtu.be/tMyOIg22-mw Transhumanity.net – http://transhumanity.net/independent-core-observer-model-icom-theory-of-consciousness-as-implemented-in-the-icom-cognitive-architecture-and-the-associated-consciousness-measures-2/

• “Feasibility Study and Practical Applications Using Independent Core Observer Model AGI Systems for Behavioral Modification in Recalcitrant Populations” Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (BICA) 2018 – Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 848. Conference Proceedings/Journal through Springer (http://www.bicasociety.org/)

• Google Books “The Independent Core Observer Model Theory of Consciousness and the Mathematical model for Subjective Experience” Conference/Review Board: ICIST 2018 – International Conference on Information Science and Technology – China – April 20-22nd. (IEEE conference) [release pending] https://www.itm-conferences.org/ poster session discussing this research will be done at the Science of Consciousness Conference 2018 on April 2-7th in Tucson, Arizona http://transhumanity.net/the-independent-core-observer-model-computational-theory-of-consciousness-and-the-mathematical-model-for-subjective-experience/

• “Human-like Emotional Responses in a Simplified Independent Core Observer Model System”. Conference/Review Board: BICA 2017 – Proceedings/Journal https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877050918300358 https://ac.els-cdn.com/S1877050918300358/1-s2.0-S1877050918300358-main.pdf?_tid=486a97ac-a49b-42fa-ac01-04dc5ffa4b9a&acdnat=1532023084_2cac69453106815853b7c6fee0ea4d82

• “Architecting a Human-like Emotion-driven Conscious Moral Mind for Value Alignment and AGI Safety” Conference/Review Board: AAAI – Stanford; Waser, M.; Kelley, D.; – AGI Lab, Provo Utah; AI and Society: Ethics, Safety and Trustworthiness in Intelligent Agents – Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, March 26-28 https://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/SSS/SSS18/paper/view/17569

• “Critical Nature of Emotions in Artificial General intelligence – Key Nature of AGI Behavior and Behavioral Tuning in the Independent Core Observer Model Architecture Based System” Conference/Review Board: IEET Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies 2016 http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/Kelley20160923 [Download PDF]

• “Implementing a Seed Safe/Moral Motivational System with the Independent Core Observer Model (ICOM)”. Conference/Review Board: 7th Annual International Conference on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures, BICA 2016, Procedia Computer Science 88. New York: Elsevier. In Press. [Download PDF] ScienceDirect – Procedia Computer Science http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877050916316714

• (pending review) Architectural Overview of a ‘Mediated’ Artificial Super Intelligent Systems based on the Independent Core Observer Model Cognitive Architecture Submitted to Informatica 1 OCT 2018 JOurnal for Peer Review http://www.informatica.si/index.php/informatica/author/submission/2503

• Kelley, D.; Twyman, M.A.; Dambrot, S.M.; “Preliminary Mediated Artificial Superintelligence Study, Experimental Framework, and Definitions for an Independent Core Observer Model Cognitive Architecture- based System“; Apr 2019; Research Gate; DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.25895.19368; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332252839_Preliminary_Mediated_Artificial_Superintelligence_Study_Experimental_Framework_and_Definitions_for_an_Independent_Core_Observer_Model_Cognitive_Architecture-_based_System/

• Kelley, D.; “Independent Core Observer Model Research Program Assumption Codex;” DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.23439.23208; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331982830_Independent_Core_Observer_Model_ICOM_Research_Program_Assumption_Codex

• “The Human Mind vs. The Independent Core Observer Model (ICOM) Cognitive Architecture;” 19 Mar 2019; By David J Kelley; DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.29694.64321; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331889517_The_Human_Mind_Vs_The_Independent_Core_Observer_Model_Cognitive_Architecture

• “Modeling and Designing for Key Elements of Curiosity: Risking Failure, Valuing Questions;” Authors: To, A.; Holmes, J.; Fath, E.; Zhang, E.; Kaufman, G.; Hammer, J.; Dec 2018; DOI 10.26503/todigra.v4i2.92;https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329596987_Modeling_and_Designing_for_Key_Elements_of_Curiosity_Risking_Failure_Valuing_Questions

• “A Collective Intelligence Research Platform for Cultivating Benevolent “Seed” Artificial Intelligences” Waser, M.; Richmond AI and Blockchain Consultants, Mechanicsville, VA; AAAI Spring Symposia 2019 Stanford (Status: Passed Peer Review) For more information see: https://rabc.solutions/

• [Book] The Sapient Sentient Intelligence Value Argument and Effects on Regulating Autonomous Artificial Intelligence” (Book Title “Transhumanist Handbook”) Book Author/Editor: Newton Lee Chapter Inclusion: “The Intelligence Value Argument and Effects on Regulating Autonomous Artificial Intelligence” Publisher: Springer (eta early 2019) Preview here: http://transhumanity.net/preview-the-intelligence-value-argument-and-effects-on-regulating-autonomous-artificial-intelligence/ SSIVA paper based on the chapter: https://cie.acm.org/blog/introduction-intelligence-value-argument-iva-ethical-model-artificial-general-intelligence/

• [Book] Google It – Total Information Awareness”; Book Author: Newton Lee; 3 Chapter Inclusion on Artificial General Intelligence and ICOM; Publisher: Springer (ISBN 978-1-4939-6415-4); http://www.springer.com/us/book/9781493964130, http://www.amazon.com/Google-Information-Awareness-Newton-Lee/dp/1493964135/

• [Book] “A Value-Sensitive Design Approach to Intelligent Agents”; Umbrello, Steven; Frank De Bellis, A.; – Forthcoming chapter in Artificial IntelligenceSafetyand Security(2018) CRC Press (.ed) Roman Yampolskiy.; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322602996_A_Value-Sensitive_Design_Approach_to_Intelligent_Agents

• [Book] “Social Futurism and the Zero State”; Book by Dr. Amon Twyman; Initial Forward talks about IVA Theory prerelease 2019: http://blackbook.zerostate.net/

• [Press Release] Artificial General Intelligence Inc.’s Response to IEEE’s “Ethically Aligned Design – A vision for Prioritizing Human Well-being with Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems; Artificial General Intelligence Inc.; 7 Jan 2017; http://www.artificialgeneralintelligenceinc.com/press-artificial-general-intelligences-inc-s-response-to-ieees-ethically-aligned-design-a-vision-for-prioritizing-human-wellbeing-with-artificial-intelligence-an/

• [Press Release] Artificial General Intelligence Inc. creates an AI system with Complex Emotional Subjective Experience; Artificial General Intelligence Inc.; 7 Nov 2016; http://www.artificialgeneralintelligenceinc.com/press-nov-2016/

See also

• The Foundation
• Transhuman House
• Transhuman National Committee
• Zero State
• Transhumanity.net
• Long Now Foundation

External links

• Linkedin - Professional history
• Facebook
• DavidJKelley on Twitter
• Transhumanity.net
• The Transhuman House
• theTechnocracy.net
• Boston Consulting Group
• Microsoft MVP Profile
• The Bias Project
• AGI Laboratory
• BICA Society