Ben Goertzel is an author and prolific researcher in the field of artificial intelligence. He leads dual AI software companies in the US and his work on use of artificial intelligence for the analysis of financial markets has been reviewed by The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. He is focused on creating benevolent superhuman artificial general intelligence, pursuing vocations like bioinformatics, computational neuroscience, avant-garde fiction, cosmic engineering, weird music and philosophy and lots of other crazy stuff. One day, he hopes to become radically transhuman -- to live indefinitely. Beat that. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)