Dr David Gamez

Senior Lecturer in Computer Science

David Gamez
  • School Faculty of Science and Technology

  • Department Computer Science

  • Location London

Research activities

My interdisciplinary research combines philosophy, computerscience, neuroscience and psychology. My current project is a new universalmeasure of intelligence. Drawing on recent theories about the predictive brain,this will enable human, animal, and AI intelligence to be compared on a singlescale. It will also open up new ways of developing artificial intelligence andit has important implications for AI safety. I have published several papers onthis research and implemented experiments asa web page, which is available here: https://www.davidgamez.eu/pi.I am currently finishing a substantial paper on this work and have just startedwriting my next book on natural and artificial intelligence.

I am a leading expert on natural and artificialconsciousness and have published a book and many papers in this area. My current focusis the development of a new interpretation of the science of consciousness thatwill enable us to develop mathematical descriptions of the relationship betweendescriptions of consciousness and descriptions of the physical world. I am anexecutive editor of the Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Consciousnessand co-organized a recent AAAI workshop in this area.


Current Teaching

I lead a module titled 'Web Applications and Databases' and supervise projects on artificial intelligence, including generative AI.


Biography

Dr. David Gamez is a senior lecturer in computer science at Middlesex University, UK, with expertise in philosophy, artificial intelligence and psychology. In previous research he has worked on agent systems, spiking neural networks and the philosophy and science of consciousness. His current project is a new universal measure of intelligence based on prediction (https://www.davidgamez.eu/pi). Gamez’s most recent book is Human and Machine Consciousness (https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/545). His previous publications include What We Can Never Know (2007), What Philosophy Is (2004), co-edited with Havi Carel, and many papers and book chapters on philosophy, artificial intelligence and psychology. A complete list of Gamez’s talks and publications is available on his website: https://www.davidgamez.eu.

Publications