On 4/18/07, James Ratcliff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It should be a combination fo the two, even as Cyc is finding out now with
their use of Google to search out new terms and facts.
A really simple example of that is related objects... a book scraping can
generate a listed of objects it thinks are related, then it can ask the user how they are related, or to correct it if it is unsure about a rule it learned.
Imagine though a very easy to use Cyc, that was in simple english (no
Cyc-like language) that any user could interact with in a nice interface.
Given a few million interactions, you could quickly gather much useful
information about any given topic. (re Wiki pages) Agreed, we need BOTH, ie knowledge acquisition from reading and the ability to converse interactively in NL. I'm also aware of the importance of the *narrative* aspect of knowledge, so the knowledge representation must be adequate to represent that, unlike the isolated facts in OMCS. A good knowledge representation scheme is of course essential for success, but the algorithms are equally important. I'm currently looking into these algorithms -- deduction, abduction, truth maintenance, etc. Cyc actually has all of these things, so it seems to me that Cyc fails for more subtle reasons. I think the goal of the project is to be able to answer queries about the stories etc. Explicit reconstruction of the videos is not essential, as we can be sure that the AGI actually understands things by asking it questions that require spatio-temporal reasoning. YKY ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=231415&user_secret=fabd7936
