hey -- good idea!! In fact, we already have a beta user interface that does something like this, in a limited context. You can see certain Novamente productions in both English form and "internal node and link representation" form. However, this is mostly only useful for simple productions, otherwise there are way too many nodes and links involved.
However, you seem to also be suggesting something different -- having Novamente made visual productions in parallel with English productions. This is also possible, and a good idea, but we don't have anything like this right now... Ben > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Erik Nilsson > Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 8:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [agi] To communicate with an AGI > > > Hi, > > Will Novamente in communicating with humans be able to show and tell? That > is, will it in addition to text be able to produce as output a model which > shows the human counterpart what it means? This would seem to > make it a bit > easier to understand it. One could also imagine there might be an > advantage > in directly manipulating the implementation of what the AGI means > to tell in > terms of giving it feedback. For example, if the output was a model > implementing what the AGI considered to be the essence of a of a > running man > and the man to the human observer seemed to be walking one could directly > manipulate this output model to portray a running man and feed it back to > the AGI. Presumably this kind of interaction would be easier if the > interface gave direct access to what the AGI considered to be the > component > dimensions of its output. Akin to a computer game where in > manipulating the > appearance of a humanoid one does not go about editing it pixel by pixel, > rather one changes for example height with a simple slider. In > this case, if > step frequency was considered by the AGI to be a component dimension one > could simply adjust it with a slider to better reflect what running is to > the human counterpart. If step frequency was not considered a component > dimension by the AGI, perhaps the ability to define dimensions > such as step > frequency on the fly and feed it back to the AGI would be useful. > Presuming > it was deemed expedient in illustrating the difference between walking and > running. > > Regards, > > Erik Nilsson > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ben Goertzel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 1:08 AM > Subject: RE: [agi] Sensory Front-End Design Specs > > > > > > However, an advantage of dealing with visual input is that so much of > human > > language deals with visuospatial metaphors. So, as compared to a > > soley-sound-focused system, a vision-savvy AGI perceptual subsystem is > > substantially more useful for helping an AGI system learn human > language... > > > > -- Ben > > > > ------- > To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate > your subscription, > please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
