Joscha Bach

Joscha Bach (born 1973 in Weimar, Germany) is a cognitive scientist focusing on cognitive architectures, models of mental representation, emotion, motivation, and sociality.[1]

Joscha Bach
Bach
Born1973
Weimar, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationCognitive scientist
Websitebach.ai

Education and roles

Master of Arts in Computer Science, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, 2000. Doctor of Philosophy, Osnabrück University, Germany, 2006.[2][3] Bach's Ph.D. was in cognitive science.[4][5]

Roles

Bach has taught computer science, AI, and cognitive science at the Humboldt-University of Berlin and the Institute for Cognitive Science at Osnabrück. He worked as a visiting researcher at the MIT Media Lab and the Harvard Program for Evolutionary Dynamics.[6] He then joined AI Foundation, working as VP of Research.[7]

Achievements

Achievements include research in novel data compression algorithm using concurrent entropy models; development of microPsi[8] cognitive architecture for modeling emotion, motivation, mental representation.[9]

Other

Bach has written a book on cognitive science called Principles of Synthetic Intelligence.[10][11] Between 2013 and 2017, Bach was directly or indirectly attributed research funding by Jeffrey Epstein charitable funds, according to fact-finding reports from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[12][13] Bach declined to comment.[12][13][14]

References
  1. AI Foundation about
  2. Edge Foundation record
  3. TEDxBeaconStreet Talks
  4. "Science, Technology & the Future | Exciting progress in Artificial Intelligence – Joscha Bach".
  5. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Zoqp8EDcaGiPkdFKM/online-ssc-meetup-with-guest-speaker-joscha-bach-july-19th
  6. Harvard Program for Evolutionary Dynamics
  7. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Zoqp8EDcaGiPkdFKM/online-ssc-meetup-with-guest-speaker-joscha-bach-july-19th
  8. Cognitive Artificial Intelligence The MicroPsi Project
  9. "Joscha Bach | Edge.org". www.edge.org. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  10. Bach, Joscha (2009-04-06). Principles of Synthetic Intelligence: Psi: An Architecture of Motivated Cognition.
  11. Bach, Joscha. "Principles of Synthetic Intelligence: An Architecture of Motivated Cognition" (PDF).
  12. "Report Concerning Jeffrey Epstein's Interactions with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology" (PDF). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. January 10, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  13. "Report Concerning Jeffrey Epstein's Connections to Harvard University" (PDF). 1 May 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  14. "What kind of researcher did sex offender Jeffrey Epstein like to fund? He told Science before he died". Science | AAAS. 2019-09-19. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
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