Icelandic Institute for Intelligent Machines

Last Thursday IIIM was presented at the Annual Innovation Congress hosted by Rannís. Read about the event and check out our introduction video.

IIIM Achievements Presented at the Annual Innovation Congress in Reykjavik | Icelandic Institute for Intelligent Machines From the Annual Innovation Congress held at Grand Hotel, Reykjavik. Photo: Rannís. Last Thursday a special event and congress celebrated the results of three

IIIM Scientist Appointed to the Central Bank's Board of Directors

http://www.iiim.is/2018/04/iiim-scientist-appointed-to-the-central-banks-board-of-directors/

IIIM Scientist Appointed to the Central Bank’s Board of Directors | Icelandic Institute for Intelligent Machines

By removing the political risk that comes with sending soldiers into battle autonomous weapons lower the threshold of going to war and thus threaten world piece.
This video, narrated by Stephen Fry, gives a disturbing insight into the issues at hand.

Will autonomous weapons cause WW3? Autonomous weapons are the third revolution in warfare, after gunpowder and nuclear bombs. Will they cause WW3? Thousands of experts, including Elon Musk and...

Hvað mun valda straumhvörfum í lífi okkar? / What will revolutionize our lives? IIIM Director Dr. Kristinn R. Thórisson, Iceland’s Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Dr. Ray Kurzweil, the Dalai Lama, Ben Affleck and many others share their thoughts on this question in the New York Times - Morgunbladid year-end publication Tímamót–Heimurinn 2018 (29/12/17).

The lectures from the AI Festival, which was held November 3rd 2017, are available for you to view. Enjoy!

AI Festival Lectures are Online | Icelandic Institute for Intelligent Machines The lectures from the AI Festival, which was held November 3rd 2017 are available for you to view on our Youtube channel and here below. Enjoy! 

A grim look at what our reality could look like if technologies already existing would be intergrated and militarised.

Slaughterbots If this isn't what you want, please take action at http://autonomousweapons.org/

Don't miss IIIM and CADIA's AI Festival tomorrow.
Lectures in English 13.30-17 and an AI exhibition and cocktail party in the Sun, Reykjavik University's entrance, at 17-19. Everyone welcome!

Missið ekki af gervigreindarhátíð Vitvélastofnunar og CADIA núna á föstudaginn! Fyrirlestrar kl. 13.30-17 og gervigreindarsýning og kokteilboð í Sólinni, andyri HR, kl. 17-19. Léttar veitingar og lifandi tónlist sem verður forrituð á staðnum. Hlökkum til að sjá þig!

IIIM joins world leading AI pioneers in a appeal to the UN for an outright ban of the development and use of killer robots.

Leading AI Experts Call for Ban on Killer Robots | Icelandic Institute for Intelligent Machines IIIM joins world leading AI pioneers in a appeal for an outright ban of the development and use of killer robots. In an open letter to the UN they warn that

The Director of IIIM, Kristinn R. Thórisson, is the author of the invited Editorial of this month’s Medical Journal (Læknablaðið), where he discusses some of the opportunities and challenges in applying AI to the field of health and medicine (in Icelandic).

http://www.laeknabladid.is/tolublod/2017/0708/nr/6462

Ný tækni – nýir tímar | 07/08. tbl. 103. árg. 2017 | Læknablaðið Kristinn R. Þórisson Höfundur er prófessor í tölvunarfræði við Háskólann í Reykjavík og stjórnandi Vitvélastofnunar Íslands

The Icelandic Institute for Intelligent Machines has an opening for a Research Scientist.

We are seeking researchers interested in working in an intellectually stimulating multi-disciplinary environment. Prior machine learning experience is an advantage, but candidates wishing to enter this field will also be considered. You will collaborate closely with industry partners on a range of projects, and be involved in all aspects of research.

http://www.iiim.is/about-iiim/jobs/

Jobs | Icelandic Institute for Intelligent Machines Starting a career or extending your experience, working at IIIM is an opportunity to team up with qualified professionals in areas of artificial intelligence

Are modern economics capable of reliable predictions of our economic future? Perhaps it is time to try another approach?

http://www.iiim.is/2017/06/the-emperor-has-no-clothes/

The Emperor has no Clothes | Icelandic Institute for Intelligent Machines In 1987 Michael Fish, a BBC weather forecaster, became infamous for reporting a few hours before the worst storm to hit South East England in three centuries