On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 3:09 AM, YKY (Yan King Yin) < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Cyc already has loads of these rules. > > I wasn't aware of those, but I'll check it out. My hypothesis is that > when the number of rules reaches critical mass, the AGI will be able > to perform human-like reasoning. That is basically the same hypothesis that Lenat had when founding Cycorp 20+ years ago You have not made clear how your hypothesis differs substantially from his... > > > > If you have a problem with Cyc's format, I **strongly** suggest that you > > first > > play around with writing scripts to translate Cyc's knowledge base into a > > format you like better. This would almost surely be vastly easier than > > re-coding > > a comparable amount of knowledge!! > > Is that also the approach taken by OCP? > We are not focusing on hand-coded knowledge in OCP, but if someone wanted to import hand-coded knowledge into OCP, it's certainly the approach I'd suggest to explore first... > > I want to do that (build the KB on top of Cyc's), but the OpenCyc > folks aren't very responsive when it comes to collaborating. OpenCyc is freely available so you don't need anyone's responsiveness really... However, ResearchCyc is much more extensive and would be more useful for an AGI. But, it's not open-source, and to use it for commercial apps one has to strike a deal with Cycorp (who however, based on my discussions with them, is likely to be reasonable about licensing terms). -- Ben G ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=114414975-3c8e69 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
