Schmidhuber joins Sakana AI as chief scientific advisor, free Tokyo symposium Oct 26
hardmaru · x · 2026-10-05
Sakana AI announced that deep learning pioneer Jürgen Schmidhuber has joined as Chief Scientific Advisor and will headline a free public symposium, "From World Models to Real-World AI."
- Date/venue: October 26, 2026, 15:00–18:00 JST, Hitotsubashi Hall, Tokyo; free admission with registration (host approval required).
- Program: keynote and Q&A by Schmidhuber, a conversation with CEO David Ha, and short talks from RSI Lab researchers on foundation models, The AI Scientist, and world models.
- World models — machines simulating consequences of actions before acting — were proposed by Schmidhuber in 1990.
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