On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Azn A <[email protected]> wrote:
> "So an initial working version of OpenCog is better analogized to the > Linux kernel, plus enough non-kernel stuff to make the thing usable and > demonstrable in some significant way.... Then once that core version has > been excitingly demonstrated, getting a lot of support code built to > connect the core OpenCog system to loads of other stuff will be easier, and > will be more analogous to the build-out of the rest of the OpenCog system." > > So you're working on building an AGI mind via a financial prediction > system? Interesting.. > No. We're working on an AGI mind via the open source OpenCog project. As another project, I'm working with a separate team on a financial prediction system, which utilizes some OpenCog components along with a load of other stuff... > > "Because one of our major thrusts is natural language processing; and apes > and racoons have very limited English capability" > > so do babies > Yes, hence the goal of an "AGI toddler" not an infant ;) > > "But recall, I lived in DC for 9 years and did a bit of military and intel > AI consulting. I know what that part of the world wants." > > That was in the 80's. This is 2014. > No, I lived/worked in DC from 2002- late 2011 ... not in the 80s ... > Siri (the Apple app) is a spin-out from the SRI International Artificial > Intelligence Center, and is an offshoot of the DARPA-funded CALO > project. DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is an agency of > the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of > new technologies for use by the military. If any of your stuff actually > worked, I'm sure they would be interested. > Yeah, I've worked on various DARPA and IARPA projects before. Those agencies have their own peculiar ways of doing things, which I don't feel like taking time to describe on this list... > > "None of the core team really has a mindset that wants to work for a gov't > or a big company.... We all consider building an open source thinking > machine more important than that. Note Linas Torvalds has not been > recruited to work for a big company or the gov't either.." > > Nonsense, Torvalds was recruited by Steve Jobs himself to work on Mac OS X > I meant that Linus Torvalds was not successfully recruited, obviously.. ;p *** What, did you miss the opening scene in ironman where is looked in a cave and forced to build stuff? You might want to invest in some security Ben. *** How do you know the Ben observed at conferences isn't a body double? ;D *** "This sort of open source project is not particularly well set up for any particular government to take it over.." Why not? All your work is online and once there is a kernel it would be easy to build the rest as you say :) *** A government could of course fork OpenCog and do stuff with it. What I meant is that they couldn't tractably "take over" the project in the sense of capturing it and making it wholly internal to themselves... -- Ben G ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
