California Institute for Human Science

10/23/2026

Congratulations to CIHS Parapsychology concentration faculty member Debra Lynne Katz, Ph.D., newly elected Vice President of the Society for Scientific Exploration! 🎉

The SSE brings scholars together to investigate questions at the frontiers of science, including consciousness and unexplained phenomena. Through its peer-reviewed Journal of Scientific Exploration, EdgeScience magazine, conferences, and online and in-person events, the Society creates opportunities for research, debate, and discovery.

At CIHS, students learn from faculty who are helping shape the fields they teach. We’re proud to celebrate Dr. Katz’s leadership in a scholarly community that shares our commitment to asking big questions and pursuing them with intellectual openness and rigor.

Join us in congratulating Dr. Katz! 👏

Read the SSE announcement:
https://scientificexploration.org/Explorer-October-2026

09/06/2026

🎓 September 28, 2026: Class is officially in session.

That's the first day of our inaugural M.S. in Artificial General Intelligence cohort, the start of live, faculty-led video classes with Dr. Ben Goertzel and the program's founding faculty. No pre-recorded lectures. No stale curriculum. Just live, direct engagement with the people shaping the field of AGI as it happens.

Seats in the inaugural cohort are limited, and the final application deadline (August 31) is approaching fast.

Apply now to be in the room when it starts:
https://cihs.edu/degrees-and-programs/artificial-general-intelligence/

Explore AGI at CIHS, home to the world’s first accredited M.S. in Artificial General Intelligence, where AI science meets consciousness, ethics, and safety.

08/30/2026

📝 Mark your calendar: Course Registration opens September 7–18, 2026.

If you're joining the inaugural cohort of our M.S. in Artificial General Intelligence, this is when you'll lock in your place in the very first classes taught by Dr. Ben Goertzel, Matthew Iklé, and Gabriel Axel Montes.

Registration follows the Final Application Deadline of August 31 — so if you haven't applied yet, now's the time.

Get your application in before August 31 to be ready for registration:
https://cihs.edu/degrees-and-programs/artificial-general-intelligence/

Explore AGI at CIHS, home to the world’s first accredited M.S. in Artificial General Intelligence, where AI science meets consciousness, ethics, and safety.

08/29/2026

Final deadline: August 31, 2026.

Applications for our M.S. in Artificial General Intelligence are reviewed on a rolling basis, which means the earlier you apply, the earlier you'll know. But August 31 is the hard cutoff to join the inaugural cohort this Fall.
This is your chance to study AGI directly with the researchers who helped define the field, including Dr. Ben Goertzel, who coined the term itself.
🔹 100% online, live video classes
🔹 No GRE required
🔹 Institutionally accredited by WSCUC
Don't wait for the deadline to catch you off guard. Start your application today:
https://cihs.edu/degrees-and-programs/artificial-general-intelligence/

Explore AGI at CIHS, home to the world’s first accredited M.S. in Artificial General Intelligence, where AI science meets consciousness, ethics, and safety.

08/13/2026

Starting soon: Ben Goertzel, live.

5pm PT today. The person who coined "AGI" is taking your questions, live, right now-ish.

Last call:

https://cihs.edu/.../artificial-general.../info-sessions/

08/04/2026

📅 Save the date: Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 5pm PT (Fri 9am Tokyo) for our next program info session. Meet the faculty, learn the curriculum, and ask your questions live — including with Ben Goertzel. Register: https://cihs.edu/degrees-and-programs/artificial-general-intelligence/info-sessions/

07/25/2026

New Perspectives on Nonhuman Intelligences:
Emerging Scholarship and Research

Join us for a conversation on nonhuman intelligence with three CIHS faculty members whose research and writing explore consciousness, anomalous experience, and the wider dimensions of communication and personal transformation beyond conventional human-centered frameworks.

https://cihs-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6pqSdnuUTN64eE8sGq-HnA #/registration

A recording will be sent out to everyone who registers

07/24/2026

Starting soon: Ben Goertzel, live.

10:30am PT today. The person who coined "AGI" is taking your questions, live, right now-ish.

Last call:

https://cihs.edu/degrees-and-programs/artificial-general-intelligence/info-sessions/

07/23/2026

Tomorrow: a live session with the man who coined "AGI."

Ben Goertzel — founder of SingularityNET, the ASI Alliance, BGI Labs and Hyperon — joins our info session

Fri, July 24 at 10:30am PT.

Bring your questions. Register free:
https://cihs.edu/degrees-and-programs/artificial-general-intelligence/info-sessions/

07/22/2026

1/ Why an AGI-specific degree? Most AI programs train you on today's tools. This one is built around what comes next, the technical, ethical, and civilizational questions of AGI itself.
2/ Faculty: Ben Goertzel, Matt Iklé, and Gabriel Axel Montes. Live video classes.
3/ No GRE required. Applications reviewed on a rolling basis. Priority deadline July 31, final deadline August 31, for a Fall 2026 start.
4/ Institutionally accredited by WSCUC.
https://cihs.edu/degrees-and-programs/artificial-general-intelligence/