# Ben Goertzel **Born:** December 8, 1966 **Domain:** Artificial General Intelligence / Cognitive Architecture / Decentralized AI **Doc Type:** Person Node **Ben Goertzel** is an artificial-intelligence researcher, entrepreneur, and author associated with the modern use of the term artificial general intelligence. He founded the open-source [[OpenCog]] project and has held leadership roles across [[SingularityNET]], the [[Artificial Superintelligence Alliance]], [[TrueAGI]], [[Singularity Finance]], [[SophiaVerse]], [[Humanity+]], and the AGI research community; [[iCog Labs]] lists him as chief scientific adviser. ## Team Leela Context Goertzel appears in the preserved social and institutional topology surrounding [[Team Leela]]. This records an explicit AGI and transhumanist research lineage; it does not imply that every person in the wider social index shares a formal organization or common program. ## Routes [[articles/STEVE|STEVE]] · [[Team Leela]] · [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism]] · [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] · [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] ## Official Sources - [Ben Goertzel](https://goertzel.org/) - [OpenCog](https://opencog.org/) - [iCog Labs — About](https://icog-labs.com/about-us/) - [Artificial Superintelligence Alliance](https://superintelligence.io/)