Superintelligence Researcher
Studying how superintelligence will reshape finance and society — and developing the framework for getting the transition right.
About
Born in Bonn, Germany, Chris has moved between research and industry since the earliest days of neural networks — and now applies that grounding to the question of how superintelligence will arrive, and how to make sure it arrives well.
Wrote one of the earliest neural network simulations, laying the groundwork for a career spent studying intelligent systems decades before the field entered the mainstream.
Continued neural network research under Professor Michael Arbib before returning to Berlin.
Built a successful software company in Berlin through to a successful exit, then relocated to the United States.
Led a second company to an IPO during the 2000 internet boom.
Studies the disruption superintelligence will impose on the financial sector, advises institutions navigating that shift, and is involved in several AI initiatives focused on making the transition to superintelligence safe and responsible.
The Framework
Chris is developing the Basic Requirements for Superintelligence — a framework for identifying the conditions that must be in place for superintelligence to emerge, and to do so beneficially rather than destructively. It is the intellectual backbone of his forthcoming book and his advisory work with institutions.
The framework underpins how he evaluates the pace and shape of the coming transition — and what researchers, investors, and institutions should be watching for as it unfolds.
For Wealth Managers & Institutions
Chris is known for his study of the disruptions superintelligence will impose on finance, and he consults with institutions preparing for that transition.
Mapping how the pace and shape of superintelligence's arrival could reorder markets, risk, and capital allocation.
Working directly with leadership teams to position their organizations ahead of a transition most have not yet priced in.
Applying the Basic Requirements for Superintelligence framework to questions of timing, safety, and beneficial outcomes for the financial system.
Advising a fund, family office, or institution on the transition ahead?
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Aligning Advanced AI with Human Flourishing
Chris's forthcoming book, built around the Basic Requirements for Superintelligence framework — an examination of what it will take for the arrival of superintelligence to benefit, rather than upend, society.
Becoming Ourselves in the Age of AI
A collection of stories set in the near future, exploring the influence of superintelligence on society.
Mission
Chris's mission is to help make the transition to superintelligence smooth, and to help build a magnificent world for his five grandchildren.
He shares this work with his partner, Doria Cordova, a leading transformational teacher and owner of Money & You, the personal development program that has trained many of the world's best-known entrepreneurial voices.