Joscha 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]

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

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] He is currently a Principal AI Engineer at Intel Labs.[8]

Achievements

Achievements include research in novel data compression algorithm using concurrent entropy models; development of microPsi[9] cognitive architecture for modeling emotion, motivation, mental representation.[10]

Other

Bach has written a book on cognitive science called Principles of Synthetic Intelligence.[11][12] Between 2013 and 2017, Bach was directly or indirectly attributed research funding by Jeffrey Epstein charitable funds, according to fact-finding reports from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[13][14] Bach declined to comment.[13][14][15]

References
  1. AI Foundation about
  2. Edge Foundation record
  3. TEDxBeaconStreet Talks
  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
  7. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Zoqp8EDcaGiPkdFKM/online-ssc-meetup-with-guest-speaker-joscha-bach-july-19th
  8. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joschabach/
  9. Cognitive Artificial Intelligence The MicroPsi Project
  10. "Joscha Bach | Edge.org". www.edge.org. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  11. Bach, Joscha (2009-04-06). Principles of Synthetic Intelligence: Psi: An Architecture of Motivated Cognition. ISBN 978-0195370676.
  12. Bach, Joscha. "Principles of Synthetic Intelligence: An Architecture of Motivated Cognition" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. "Report Concerning Jeffrey Epstein's Interactions with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology" (PDF). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. January 10, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. "Report Concerning Jeffrey Epstein's Connections to Harvard University" (PDF). 1 May 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. "What kind of researcher did sex offender Jeffrey Epstein like to fund? He told Science before he died". Science | AAAS. 2019-09-19. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
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