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Ben Goertzel
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Epstein: A Forensic Reconstruction of the Transhumanist Research ... bryantmcgill.substack.com Jan 31, 2026 3 facts
claimThe group identified as 'Team Leela' includes Stephen Hawking, Isabel Maxwell, Marvin Minsky, Ray Kurzweil, Leo Laporte, George Church, Daniel C. Dennett, Nathan Myhrvold, Martin Nowak, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker, Stephen Jay Gould, Howard Gardner, Stephen Kosslyn, Larry Summers, Henry Rosovsky, David Gergen, Gerard ‘t Hooft, David Gross, Frank Wilczek, and Ben Goertzel, alongside institutions such as the MIT Media Lab, MIT CSAIL, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
claimBen Goertzel serves as the CEO of SingularityNET and the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (ASI Alliance), Interim CEO of Singularity Finance and SophiaVerse, and Chair of the OpenCog Foundation, HumanityPlus, and iCog Labs.
claimThe network associated with Jeffrey Epstein and transhumanist research includes individuals such as Stephen Hawking, Isabel Maxwell, Marvin Minsky, Ray Kurzweil, Leo Laporte, George Church, Daniel C. Dennett, Nathan Myhrvold, Martin Nowak, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker, Stephen Jay Gould, Howard Gardner, Stephen Kosslyn, Larry Summers, Henry Rosovsky, David Gergen, Gerard ‘t Hooft, David Gross, Frank Wilczek, and Ben Goertzel.
Connections of Jeffrey Epstein - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 3 facts
quoteIn a 2019 interview with The New York Times, Ben Goertzel stated regarding Jeffrey Epstein: "I have no desire to talk about Epstein right now... The stuff I'm reading about him in the papers is pretty disturbing and goes way beyond what I thought his misdoings and kinks were. Yecch."
measurementBen Goertzel received a $100,000 grant from the Jeffrey Epstein Foundation for artificial general intelligence research in 2001.
claimBen Goertzel, a computer scientist and vice-chairman of Humanity+, was an associate and grant recipient of Jeffrey Epstein.
The bizarre transhumanist fantasies of Jeffrey Epstein - BioEdge bioedge.org 2 facts
measurementIn 2011, a charity associated with Jeffrey Epstein donated US$100,000 to fund the research of Ben Goertzel, an artificial intelligence scientist and chairman of Humanity+.
measurementA charity associated with Jeffrey Epstein donated US$100,000 to fund the research of Ben Goertzel, an artificial intelligence scientist and chairman of Humanity+.
Epstein reportedly hoped to develop super-race of humans with his ... theguardian.com Aug 1, 2019 1 fact
claimBen Goertzel, the vice-chairman of the organization Humanity Plus, previously received a salary paid by Jeffrey Epstein.