Ben Goertzel says that his team at Novamente is about seven years of work away from true AI "infant" that can begin to ascend the cognitive ladder towards human intelligence.

It's a fascinating talk, delivered at the Second Annual Geoethical Nanotechnology Workshop. In working towards his thoughts on AGI, Goertzel covers such topics as uploading and the DARPA Challenge. Plus a bonus guest appearance by Ray Kurzweil.

On a closely related topic, Michael Anissimov wrote recently about the criteria for making a sound AGI investment decision.