I'm one of those diagram-oriented people and would be interested in something like this. It would help OpenCog seem a bit more "open" I'm sure. I'm not sure there are a lot of other ways that people like myself (who aren't doing any OpenCog development) could quickly learn about the architecture.
On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah ... making a detailed diagram of OpenCog would be interesting, but I > don't seem to have a free week to draw a poster-sized diagram any time > soon... > > That seems to be a necessity to carry on thoughtful high-level >> conversations with people who are looking at things from different POVs. I >> suspect that much of the "heat" on this forum indirectly comes from the >> lack of such a diagram. Also, I suspect that some important discoveries >> would be made in the translation from text to diagram. >> > > I find it fascinating how people who are "diagrammatic" thinkers believe > that this medium will bring everyone new insights ;) .... For me, making > a 2D diagram will almost surely not bring any new insights -- I generally > find myself frustrated by the arbitrariness of projecting non-dimensional > relationships into 2D. However, I do think that a big OpenCog diagram > would be helpful for communicating with people whose thought processes are > more diagram-oriented.. > > ben > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/2552162-5fb4be76> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-c97d2393 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-2484a968 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
