Example sketch by Dr. David Hanson; the final design will be done collaboratively with you GENI-Lab Proposal: We seek a $3M USD commitment over three years, to pursue Genius Machines—robots with genius-level intellect and sexy android bodies. To start, we propose a $1.5M sponsorship, sustained with an additional $750 per year for two years thereafter. With these funds, we will demonstrate spectacular milestones and deliverables, showing major improvements in performance in the intelligence of the robots and software. These milestones will include early breakthroughs in hardware and software, with a beautiful android ready to show publically in less than a year. Year three will culminate in a human- level general intelligence controlling our human-scale android hardware. The robot will be reproducible at low cost, with an expansive API and software, and will serve as a standardized platform for additional AGI research around the world, as well as real-world applications. We contend that this project will generate huge leaps forward in A.I., accelerating progress towards true genius machines within a decade. Funding sought: $3M Major milestones: • 9 months: complete walking android with beautiful face, conversationally intelligent. • 12 months: robot gives a presentation at TED, takes interviews with reporters. • 24 months: robot capabilities integrate the best of Al today: navigate a space, sustain conversation with people indefinitely, see objects, faces, expressions, gestures, etc. • 36 months: the robot is as smart as an adult narrowly, generally as smart as a small child. Major Goals: 1. Development of a Beautiful Female Android (or Gynoid to be more accurate) achieves one fully functional prototype, including basic animated intelligence, walking body, expressive face, and designed for mass-production a. In 6-9 months, we will produce a Gynoid (attractive female android) i. With a gorgeous, realistic face, the world's best facial ex