Unpacking AGI hype vs. reality – what will it take for AI to reach AGI?

The September edition of the AI on the Amstel meetup will be focused on AGI. To simplify, AGI (artificial general intelligence) refers to the concept of AI matching or surpassing human capabilities across virtually all cognitive tasks. Reaching AGI is the stated goal of organizations like OpenAI.

The meetup community keeps asking for an AGI meetup, so we're finally doing the AGI meetup! The September meetup will be at the University of Amsterdam's biggest theater in the Roeterseiland Campus in central Amsterdam. Pictures of the theater can be found below. The September meetup will include the usual AI on the Amstel meetup community, along with university students focused on AI/computer science.

The September meetup panel includes Frank van Harmelen (one of the top AI academics in the Netherlands) and Anna Koivuniemi (Head of Google's DeepMind Impact Accelerator). We will announce the third and final panelist soon.

For those that are new to this meetup, the AI on the Amstel meetup is a monthly technical meetup that features knowledgeable speakers discussing "in the weeds" AI topics and challenges. This meetup caters to engineers, product managers, and founders in AI. The September meetup will be a special meetup in partnership with Amsterdam AI, a coalition representing universities (like UvA and VU), research centers and medical centers (like the Netherlands Cancer Institute), and the City of Amsterdam.

There will be time for networking before and after the panel discussion. Doors open at 17:00. Finally, since we get asked about this a lot, it's fine if you arrive late! We know work can be busy!