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11-09-2007, 10:46 AM
Compiled by Henrik Palmgren | redicecreations.com
Interview with Aubrey de Grey at the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Aubrey de Grey - Defeating aging
Aubrey de Grey an interesting guy within the field of AI and biomedical gerontology (the study of aging) to keep an eye on.
Aubrey de Grey
Aubrey David Nicholas Jasper de Grey, Ph.D., (born 20 April 1963 in London, England) is a biomedical gerontologist who lives in the city of Cambridge, UK. He is working to expedite the development of a cure (?) for human aging, a medical goal he refers to as engineered negligible senescence. To this end, he has identified what he concludes are the seven areas of the aging process that need to be addressed medically before this can be done. His main activities at present are as chairman and chief science officer of the Methuselah Foundation and editor-in-chief of the academic journal Rejuvenation Research.
Interesting to note here is that the foundation is named after Methuselah, a patriarch in the Bible said to have reached 969 years of age.
Incidently, as I mentioned in an article about 'Darth Venter' (J. Craig Venter) & The Archon Genomics X Prize, the Methuselah Foundation as it's own contest/prize:
The Methuselah Mouse Prize or Mprize is a growing $4.5 million prize started in 2003 to accelerate research into slowing and reversing cellular aging and breakdown in humans. The Methuselah Foundation awards prizes to researchers who extend the lifespan of a mouse to unprecedented lengths.
Going back to de Grey
Aubrey de Grey was educated at Sussex House School, Harrow School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Prior to his work in cellular and molecular biology, he studied computer science. In 1985, he received a B.A. in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge and joined Sinclair Research Ltd as an AI/software engineer; in 1986, he co-founded Man-Made Minions Ltd to pursue the development of an automated formal program verifier. De Grey has never held a teaching position at Cambridge. Until 2006, he was in charge of software development at the Genetics Department for the FlyBase genetic database.
It is perhaps a somewhat far fetched idea to say that Sinclair Research Ltd is connected to the Templar Sinclair's and the search for the Holy Grail... but intriguingly over at the Methuselah Foundation website, they do use a pretty interesting website icon (favorite icon):
It seems to be quite a consistent theme that the search for the Holy Grail is about the search for Eternal life.
Take a look at the related links at the bottom of the page for much more.
More on: Aubrey David Nicholas Jasper de Grey, Ph.D.,
More video interviews from Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Techies Ponder Computers Smarter Than Us
By Marcus Wohlsen | physorg.com
At the center of a black hole there lies a point called a singularity where the laws of physics no longer make sense. In a similar way, according to futurists gathered Saturday for a weekend conference, information technology is hurtling toward a point where machines will become smarter than their makers. If that happens, it will alter what it means to be human in ways almost impossible to conceive, they say.
http://www.redicecreations.com/article.php?id=1816
Interview with Aubrey de Grey at the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Aubrey de Grey - Defeating aging
Aubrey de Grey an interesting guy within the field of AI and biomedical gerontology (the study of aging) to keep an eye on.
Aubrey de Grey
Aubrey David Nicholas Jasper de Grey, Ph.D., (born 20 April 1963 in London, England) is a biomedical gerontologist who lives in the city of Cambridge, UK. He is working to expedite the development of a cure (?) for human aging, a medical goal he refers to as engineered negligible senescence. To this end, he has identified what he concludes are the seven areas of the aging process that need to be addressed medically before this can be done. His main activities at present are as chairman and chief science officer of the Methuselah Foundation and editor-in-chief of the academic journal Rejuvenation Research.
Interesting to note here is that the foundation is named after Methuselah, a patriarch in the Bible said to have reached 969 years of age.
Incidently, as I mentioned in an article about 'Darth Venter' (J. Craig Venter) & The Archon Genomics X Prize, the Methuselah Foundation as it's own contest/prize:
The Methuselah Mouse Prize or Mprize is a growing $4.5 million prize started in 2003 to accelerate research into slowing and reversing cellular aging and breakdown in humans. The Methuselah Foundation awards prizes to researchers who extend the lifespan of a mouse to unprecedented lengths.
Going back to de Grey
Aubrey de Grey was educated at Sussex House School, Harrow School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Prior to his work in cellular and molecular biology, he studied computer science. In 1985, he received a B.A. in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge and joined Sinclair Research Ltd as an AI/software engineer; in 1986, he co-founded Man-Made Minions Ltd to pursue the development of an automated formal program verifier. De Grey has never held a teaching position at Cambridge. Until 2006, he was in charge of software development at the Genetics Department for the FlyBase genetic database.
It is perhaps a somewhat far fetched idea to say that Sinclair Research Ltd is connected to the Templar Sinclair's and the search for the Holy Grail... but intriguingly over at the Methuselah Foundation website, they do use a pretty interesting website icon (favorite icon):
It seems to be quite a consistent theme that the search for the Holy Grail is about the search for Eternal life.
Take a look at the related links at the bottom of the page for much more.
More on: Aubrey David Nicholas Jasper de Grey, Ph.D.,
More video interviews from Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Techies Ponder Computers Smarter Than Us
By Marcus Wohlsen | physorg.com
At the center of a black hole there lies a point called a singularity where the laws of physics no longer make sense. In a similar way, according to futurists gathered Saturday for a weekend conference, information technology is hurtling toward a point where machines will become smarter than their makers. If that happens, it will alter what it means to be human in ways almost impossible to conceive, they say.
http://www.redicecreations.com/article.php?id=1816