Stanley says his October 23 talk will examine what success means for truly open-ended AI.
ARC Prize named Kenneth Stanley a keynote speaker for its 2026 Research Summit. Stanley said he will speak October 23 about open-ended AI as the next generation of ARC Prize focuses on open-ended discovery; organizer Greg Kamradt described the summit as being at MIT.
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ARC Prize has named Kenneth Stanley a keynote speaker for its 2026 Research Summit. The organization introduced him as a researcher known for work on neuroevolution and open-ended AI, as well as for co-creating NEAT and novelty search and co-authoring Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned.
Stanley said he will speak on October 23. He connected the appearance to the next generation of ARC Prize, which he said is focusing on open-ended discovery, and framed his talk around what it means to succeed at creating truly open-ended AI.
Stanley's keynote brings open-endedness, a theme highlighted in ARC Prize's description of his work, into the summit's program. His own announcement framed the discussion around how success should be understood when the goal is truly open-ended AI.
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Organizer Greg Kamradt welcomed Stanley to the lineup and described the summit as taking place at MIT.
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