Jason Hadjioannou
Jason Hadjioannou (Greek: Ιάσονας Χατζηιωάννου) is an English-Greek Artificial Intelligence research scientist and software engineer working primarily in the area of neuroscience-inspired, conversational AI.
In 2018, Hadjioannou worked with the United Nations to develop a conversation bot that helps citizens collectively tackle the existential threat of climate change.[1]
Hadjioannou credits inspiration for some of his concepts on conversational AI to the ideas and work of British-American philosopher and cognitive scientist, Dr Peter Carruthers and his theories on the role that natural language plays in human cognition - specifically quoting "there is a type of inner, explicitly linguistic thinking that allows us to bring our own thoughts into conscious awareness. We may be able to think without language, but language lets us know that we are thinking.".[2]
He cites motivation for wanting to contribute towards advancing the field of AGI, as coming from the notion that solutions to some of mankind’s greatest problems may be beyond that of Human minds, instead someday emerging from the limitless ingenuity and advanced cognitive ability of artificial minds.
He currently serves as chief executive officer of Circle AI. In earlier years, Jason was known as the creator of a social networking service, La-La, and held a senior position at the british Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence company, Blippar.
Circle AI[edit]
In 2018, Circle AI, a neuroscience-inspired, conversational Artificial Intelligence company founded by Jason Hadjioannou, developed a conversation bot for the United Nations in a partnership with WPP and Facebook. [3]
The conversation bot was designed to help tackle the existential threat of climate change by highlighting and tracking ten positive acts that everyday people could take action upon on a daily basis.
The United Nations’ bot, named the ActNowBot, was announced by Sir David Attenborough at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poland on the 3rd December 2018.[4]
La-La[edit]
Jason created La-La originally as a way to message his girlfriend in a more interesting way. In an interview with Softonic, Jason is quoted: "I was about to send my girlfriend a text message one morning and just thought it'd be cool if I sent her a short audible song snippet instead of writing it".[5]
The music messaging app was released to the public on 9 July 2014, for iOS devices, and it gained fast early traction due to a widely positive reception.[6][7]
Bloom Artificial Intelligence[edit]
In 2015 Jason led the development of a consumer Artificial Intelligence product by Bloom AI. The technology was showcased at Disrupt London in November 2015 and has been praised for featuring an ultra realistic speech synthesis engine.[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ Research, AI (10 January 2019). "Bots for Humanity". airesearch.com. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ↑ Research, AI (10 January 2019). "Bots for Humanity". airesearch.com. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ↑ "WPP agencies help Sir David Attenborough become the voice of millions at critical UN climate talks". wpp.com. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ↑ "Sir David Attenborough launches UN campaign to promote climate action by the people". United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ↑ Barranger, Daniel (8 September 2014). "Why single-use apps like Yo could take over your smartphone". softonic.com. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ Butcher, Mike (16 July 2014). "Music Messaging App La-La Lets Users Chat With Songs Snippets". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ↑ Staff Writer, RTT (17 July 2014). "La-La App - Music Is The Message". rttnews.com. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ↑ Research, AI (30 December 2015). "The People Behind Britain's AI Research & Development". airesearch.com. Retrieved 30 December 2015.[permanent dead link]
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