Many students and newcomers to UAI are interested in reading Hutter, Quarel, and Catt’s new textbook “An Introduction to Universal Artificial Intelligence.” We have organized a reading group starting Monday September 1st at noon EDT – see the calendar for the most up-to-date information. If you would like to attend the first meeting: The meeting…

This is a reminder that our first regular meeting on universal algorithmic intelligence is Monday, August 11th, at 4 pm EDT! (See the event calendar for an authoritative schedule) Welcome remarks by Marcus Hutter “Introduction to Universal Artificial Intelligence” reading group planning / kickoff by Boumediene Hamzi Time to introduce yourself to the research community…

This is the place to ask general questions about logistics and/or UAI. If you want to pose a more detailed technical question, you can also submit it as a blog post!

AIXI is to its environment as a player is to a video game. Because AIXI is not computable, it can’t exist as part of a computable universe. This has been raised as a criticism of the theory in this paper and longer blog post on “embedded agency.” Basically, the authors are asking for a theory…

(Cross-posted from linkedin announcement) We’re pleased to announce the Second Symposium on Algorithmic Information Theory and Machine Learning, taking place 30–31 July 2025 at Imperial College London, UK. 🧠 Website, Registration, and Schedule: https://sites.google.com/site/boumedienehamzi/second-symposium-on-algorithmic-information-theory-and-machine-learning 🔗 Symposium Info:This symposium builds on the success of the inaugural event held at the Alan Turing Institute in 2022, and…