Email exchanges in the Epstein files showed that the late convicted sex offender provided at least US$113,000 to support OpenCog, Goertzel’s open-source AI framework, for at least five years from 2010 to 2015, and unlocked millions of Hong Kong dollars in government funding.
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What were Jeffrey Epstein’s connections to people in Hong Kong?
What were Jeffrey Epstein’s connections to people in Hong Kong?
In 2015, as Goertzel sought an additional US$25,000 in financing after Epstein’s underage sex activities returned to the headlines, the scientist wrote to the financier that the allegations could possibly be “an occurrence among reasonably mature people who mutually consented at the time”.
There is no evidence that connects Goetzel with the illegal acts committed by Epstein, who had embedded himself in the worlds of elite politics, academia and science. Rather, the correspondence sheds light on how the scientist curried favour with Epstein to tap into his vast wealth.
