Olaf Witkowski on Clubhouse

Bio

Artificial Life, Cognitive Science & AGI • Director of Research @ CrossLabs | University of Tokyo | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton • Open-Ended Cognitive Machines | Origins of Intelligence | Future of Life

🧠 [Science] Director of research at Cross Labs – a leading AI and cognitive science institute in Japan, connecting advanced academic research with tech industry • Our researchers invent techniques beyond the current state of AI • Our main expertise is in the future of machine intelligence, open-ended worlds, and artificial life.

👾 [Entrepreneur] I co-founded 6 ventures in science and technology on three continents since 2006 • YHouse Inc. in Manhattan in 2016 – a research institute in consciousness, complex systems, and AI • The Center for the Study of Apparent Selves in 2020, building technologies at the intersection of Buddhism and AI science.

👨‍🏫 [Academic] I am an elected Board Director for the International Society for Artificial Life • I conduct a funded research program on the origins of intelligence in the universe at the Tokyo Institute of Technology • I teach information science and artificial life to my amazing students at the University of Tokyo • I am also a regular visiting member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

♟ [Side gigs] I specialize in artificial intelligence beyond deep learning, hyperconnected intelligence, and open-ended technologies • I am also a professional executive advisor in AI science and frontier technologies for diverse organisations • Passionate about painting, music (violin/guitar/saxophone/code), hypnosis, I enjoy playing the game of go.

🔗 olafwitkowski.com • crosslabs.org • yhousenyc.org • alife.org • bitly.com/ai-exec