Hugo de Garis
Hugo de Garis (born 1947, Belgium) is an associate professor of computer_science at Utah State University. He is known for his work on artificial_intelligence. His work has attracted many critics, most of whom object to his view of eventual AI dominance over humans.De Garis's early studies were on theoretical_physics, but he abandoned this field of research in favour of artificial_life and artificial_intelligence. He invented a new field of this science known as evolvable_hardware. This involves evolving neural net circuits directly in hardware at hardware speeds to build artificial brains.
His current project is to assemble thousands of these 'brains' into a larger artificial intelligence architecture to make a functioning AI. He predicts that one day these machines (he calls them 'artilects') will be far more intelligent than humans and even threaten to dominate the world.
