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I want to make an application to win the UK's annual £1M Manchester AI Prize.

I want to create a safe always open source artificially intelligent simulated human mind that properly and truly understands and uses human languages.

This will be an AI system that mimics human understanding by using simulation, virtual reality, animation and robotics technology combined with new ideas from linguistics (the study of languages) and the structural, dynamic and mathematical nature of life and the evolution of life.

Can you help? You do not have to be an expert in everything. In fact you could join this group with the aim of learning about Human-Like AI System Engineering.

So what are we building?

For sci-fi fans this will be a series of virtual minds capable of acting as a Star Trek computer that will be developed in a reverse of the Matrix Film Franchise. The AI will be in the virtual simulation not the humans.

That seems far too far-fetched and ridiculous. Who am I to come up with such a seemingly mad scientist idea? I am not a mad scientist. You can find out a bit more about me on my research blog. I plan on using my system design and software development experience to create an AI system that is:

  1. Predictable and reliable
  2. Auditable
  3. Understandable
  4. Trainable and fixable
  5. Has predictable free will (so not really free will at all).
  6. What the DARPA (the US Government) massively funded "third-generation" AI project known as EAI or explainable AI failed to deliver.

To make this happen, I am going to need help as I am going to AI system design ideas. To get more academics and PhD students onboard, I believe we need to develop a new software framework design that uses something I am calling KBox modelling and will create something I am calling a HEMSEYE (A HivE Mind'S EYE).

But I work full-time and have a life, so the pace of this project has been very slow. To aid progress, I am going to start booking some planned large events way in the future with the aim of running smaller events to help develop this project.

What is KBox modelling?
- Well, it is a bit complicated.
- Hopefully, you did not expect it to be simple. Actually, it is very simple when you get down to the details. The complexity comes from needing to appreciate that a lot of ideas need to be connected together to explain and mimic human intelligence.

What big events do I want to run one day?

The specific areas I want to discuss and promote are some ideas I have been developing that we could combine multiple simulation technologies with linguistics, philosophy and artificial consciousness to create software that

  1. Creates a human-like AI enabling virtual universe
  2. Supports the ability to create multiple virtual worlds / virtual world scenarios.
  3. I present / we discuss the possibility using open source robotic technology to create virtual realities with added VR extensions for
    1. Word meaning understanding
    2. "Language grounding" in virtual reality and
    3. Language acquisition
    4. Written wisdom acquisition.
    5. Intent modelling whilst avoiding or limiting free-will
    6. Artificial consciousness,
    7. VR/AI Mind created simulation generation and explanation
    8. AI safety
    9. Human-Like AI Management and Commercilisation
  4. Creating a MAKEAIHAPPEN Podcast
  5. Creating an MAKEAIHAPPEN project design dream team.
  6. What else would you fancy talking about?

I have plans on how all of this could be possible.

I have had some interest and approval from some world-leading experts and Professors