--- title: "New Supercomputer Network Going Live in September Could Usher In AGI" description: "One of AI's most colorful figures is building a supercomputing network that may, he hopes, usher in the age of AGI." date: "2024-08-13" modified: "2024-08-13" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/agi-supercomputer" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" tags: - "agi" - "singularitynet" - "supercomputer" - "the digest" --- # New Supercomputer Network Going Live in September Could Usher In AGI ![]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* ## General Instigation One of [artificial intelligence's most colorful figures]() is set to take online a supercomputing network that (he hopes) will usher in the age of human-level artificial general intelligence (AGI). In a [statement to *LiveScience*](), SingularityNET CEO Ben Goertzel — the guy behind Sofia the Robot — said that his company's "multi-level cognitive computing network" will be an integral step in the evolution from AI (as we know it today) to AGI. Using some of the most advanced hardware in the world, including multiple types of NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs), the firm hopes to build out a new network capable of harnessing the powering of existing systems, to move from data-heavy computing to lean machines that can essentially think and reason for themselves. This global network of supercomputers will furthermore provide the computing power necessary to host such a huge transitional shift. ## Coming Soon SingularityNET representatives told *LiveScience* that the first of these supercomputers will come online in September, and will continue to be brought to life throughout the end of 2024 and into 2025 (depending on when their components are delivered). To manage this seemingly massive endeavor, SingularityNET is also building out its own software that oversees this "federated compute cluster," which will allow for the simplification of data and protects its most sensitive aspects from exposure. As [*TechSpot* notes]() in its write-up of the new SingularityNET system, these purportedly punched-up supercomputers could be used for everything from scientific research to national security — the same tasks supercomputers are already used for, but with the addition of advanced AI and, in future, AGI. "This supercomputer in itself will be a breakthrough in the transition to AGI," Goertzel boasted to the website. "Before our eyes, a paradigmatic shift is taking place." **More on AGI:** [*OpenAI Researcher Says He Quit When He Realized the Upsetting Truth*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()