AGI in Japan, 2020

Here is my report on AGI in Japan for 2020.  (See my reports for 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019.)

Two symposia related to AGI were organized in Japan/on line:

• The End of Evolution and the World after the Singularity
  (March 19; Video recordings are available.)
• International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Brain Science
  (October 10; Lectures are available on Vimeo.)

As for more domestic activities:

• Sessions entitled World Models and Intelligence (see this page in Japanese) were held at the annual convention of the Japanese Society for AI (JSAI) in June.

• The SIG-AGI@JSAI held three workshops (see the event page in Japanese).

As a new academic project related AGI, CHAIN (Center for Human Nature, Artificial Intelligence, and Neuroscience) at Hokkaido University may be of interest. 

The Whole Brain Architecture Inititative (WBAI), of which I am an insider, had activities such as:

• A modelathon to solicit models of working memory. 
• Effort in creating the whole brain reference architecture (static cognitive architecture) for brain-inspired AGI.
• Continued collaborations with Cerenaut (former Project AGI) based in Australia.