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Dogu Taskiran

Technology Executive | AI/ML | VR/AR | IoT | Web3 | Ex: Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft | Investor | Speaker

Dogu Taskiran is an accomplished technology leader with over 20 years of experience in game development and software engineering. He is set to take on the role of Applied R&D Technical Director at Ubisoft. His career includes significant positions at major companies such as Microsoft, Electronic Arts (EA), and Ubisoft, where he has developed a strong background in gameplay programming and immersive technologies.

Early Life and Education

Born in Turkey in 1980, Taskiran's passion for gaming began early as he grew up in an arcade environment. He learned programming at the age of 11 and created his first game by 12. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Middle East Technical University and a Master’s degree from Bilkent University.

Professional Background

  • Electronic Arts: Taskiran started his professional career working on military simulators and transitioned to game development, notably as the lead gameplay programmer for the game "Skate."
  • Ubisoft: He joined Ubisoft as a senior gameplay programmer, contributing to projects like "Splinter Cell Blacklist" and optimizing game development processes.
  • Entrepreneurship: Taskiran is also the CEO of Orderinbox, a social commerce platform and NFT marketplace, and the CEO of Stambol Studios, which focuses on virtual and augmented reality experiences.

Recent Developments

As he steps into his new role at Ubisoft, Taskiran brings a wealth of experience from both traditional gaming and emerging technologies like the Metaverse. His insights into blockchain technology and immersive storytelling are expected to influence Ubisoft's future projects significantly.123

Highlights

Jul 8 · linkedin

In 1993, Vernor Vinge proposed that within thirty years, we would have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era would be ended.

While it didn't happen within the thirty years from the publication of that article, we are certainly on the way to get there and achieve singularity through AGI.

One particular thought that occurred to me as I was going through that article again is that we might have to stop using the Turing test as the baseline to measure computer intelligence. For those that do not know, Turing test is measuring human ability to discern whether a computer is or is not a human.

True autonomy will require the systems to operate on their own, without any human guidance. As humans will not be involved in the process, it doesn't seem correct that we are stacking these machines up against our own intelligence. As the superintelligence is around the corner, should we maybe start using a reverse Turing test where a computer decides whether a human is interesting enough to be considered intelligent?

Does it sound too dystopian? What are your thoughts on how we will measure superintelligence?

#AGI #ArtificialGeneralIntelligence #SuperIntelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #TuringTest

Jun 27 · linkedin

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