Timothy Barretto
Timothy Barretto, often known as the father of modern synthetic intelligence, was a computer scientist and Research Director at the Advanced Robotics division of Küiser Laboratories. Within Küiser, he developed revolutionary optical computing technology that would lay the groundwork for future sapient synthetic intelligence systems.
Timothy Barretto | |
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| Species | Human |
| Born | May 13, 1981 Chesterton, Cambridge, Great Britain |
| Died | September 11, 2112 (aged 131) Osaka, Japan |
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| Education | University of Cambridge |
| Occupation | Research director |
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Personality
Dr. Barretto was a tall, thin, caucasian British scientist. He wore glasses, and had a short goatee. He was known to have a short temper when frustrated, and in academia was jokingly known by faculty and students as “Destroyer of Rulers” for the numerous occasions he slammed wooden rulers against desks in anger, shattering them.
History
Cambridge tenure
Alongside those who went on to become some of the best in the industry, including Metatron CEO Dr. Sirus Syn and Black Research director Dr. Shannon Taylor, Dr. Barretto earned degrees in both advanced neuroscience and robotics at the University of Cambridge. Later, he began developing the foundational technology that would later become the Tartarus AI system.
Barretto Industries
In 2005, Dr. Barretto left his position at Cambridge and founded a small company called Barretto Industries to develop his Tartarus technology into a functional product, and later patent the system. The company, running out of a small unit in the city’s industrial park, never accumulated much acclaim or went commercial, but finally succeeded in developing the technology Barretto sought after by 2011.
Küiser employment
In 2012, Küiser hired Barretto after he signed a deal to sell Barretto Industries, and his patented Tartarus technology, to the corporation. He would continue to develop and refine the technology at Küiser throughout the 2010s, with the full backing of a research team and the company’s extensive finances.
2014 marked a significant advancement in his career as the successful demonstration of a working Tartarus prototype earned him a promotion to Head of Advanced Robotics. Originally opposed to his technology’s use for military purposes, he managed to be begrudgingly won over by Küiser leadership after a heated series of debates. Barretto continued to lead the project up until the Fort Laurent incident. After it occurred, the following MoD investigation resulted in Barretto scheduled to be replaced as project lead, though the Acquisition War hit the company before he would formally be fired.