KEEN SOFTWARE HOUSE CEO MAREK ROSA ANNOUNCED GOODAI,
HIS NEW GENERAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPANY
CEO Marek Rosa personally invested $10M USD into general AI development
HIS NEW GENERAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPANY
CEO Marek Rosa personally invested $10M USD into general AI development
Prague, Czech Republic (July 7, 2015) – Independent developer Keen Software House is announcing GoodAI, a sister company in general artificial intelligence. The studio aims to create a truly general AI brain – one which operates at the level of a human brain and can adapt and learn any new task. GoodAI development is currently separate from video game development, but this does not mean that the AI technology will be kept out of the games. Keen Software House has plans to implement general artificial intelligence into its Engineers series. This means that players can look forward to an innovative AI that will bring a totally new experience to the games.
GoodAI’s artificial brain has one distinct advantage over most companies in the AI field. The GoodAI brain will be general and universal, meaning that the same brain can be implemented in every context and industry. While some AI companies are focusing on narrow AI applications, such as driverless cars or facial recognition software, GoodAI is making a general AI brain that can do any task put in front of it. The AI will drive smart cars, or take the form of a personal assistant, rescue robot, video game designer, or space explorer.
“I’m so glad to announce our AI project to the public,” said Marek Rosa, CEO and founder. “The potential here is immense. Doing nothing would be a much greater risk than taking a chance with such a project, and we’ve already seen results. The general AI brain could also be implemented into our games or even used as a game designer with infinite brainpower and creative capabilities. I can’t wait to see how our AI disrupts the gaming industry!”
GoodAI will release its first side product this month: Brain Simulator, the team’s collaborative platform where researchers can build and share AI brain modules that function as capacities of the human brain (e.g. visual, speech, or tactile capabilities). GoodAI will release the first artificial intelligence modules for this platform for free under and open source, non-commercial license to support collaborative efforts from the community.
More details about the GoodAI project can be found on Marek Rosa’s blog post: http://blog.marekrosa.org/2015/07/announcing-goodai-keen-software-house_7.html
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About Keen Software House
Established in 2010 in Prague, Czech Republic, Keen Software House is an independent game development studio aiming to create games that are based on real science, real facts, real physics and real emotions. The company is mostly known for its popular Early Access title, Space Engineers - a sandbox game about engineering, construction and maintenance of space works. Space Engineers was released in October 2013 and sold over 1 million copies in its first year, and is still keeping its bestseller position. After the big success of Space Engineers, the studio is continuing its engineering series with the release of Medieval Engineers, a new sandbox game about engineering, construction and the maintenance of architectural works and mechanical equipment using medieval technology. The game is available on Steam Early Access. Keen Software House is also the developer of Miner Wars 2081 and Miner Wars Arena. In addition to their ongoing development of Space Engineers and Medieval Engineers, the studio develops its own in-house game engine, VRAGE, currently in the second version and its core feature is volumetricity of the environment. Space Engineers and Medieval Engineers are the first titles fully utilizing VRAGE 2.0.
More information about Keen Software House is available at www.keenswh.com
About GoodAI
GoodAI is a team of researchers and programmers, led by CEO Marek Rosa, pursuing R&D in the field of general artificial intelligence. We aim to create a truly general AI brain – one which operates at the level of a human brain and can adapt and learn any new task.
GoodAI has released Brain Simulator, a collaborative platform where researchers, developers, and tech companies can prototype artificial brains, share knowledge, and exchange feedback. Artificial intelligence modules designed by GoodAI are accessible to the public on this platform under an open source, non-commercial license at no cost. GoodAI follows and promotes principles of safe AI. GoodAI is a sister company of Keen Software House.
More information about GoodAI is available at www.goodai.com
