Well I wanted to say "/" which is the symbol for root in linux. But if /. sounds better then thats fine too.
On Sunday, July 3, 2016 at 12:10:59 AM UTC+5:30, linas wrote: > > slash-dot? Hmm, I wonder if the slashdot.org domain name is available. > > On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 9:38 PM, Gaurav Gautam <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> How about simply calling it root? Even better just /. Read it as root but >> always >> write it out as /. >> >> The message being: CogPrime is where real AI begins. >> >> Then if you make an agent which attains GI, you could name it ~. >> >> This also decouples the names from any language, so it addresses that >> person's >> concern with internationalization who suggested Nabu. >> >> And in the event that CogPrime becomes the defacto standard for creating >> AGI's >> and gains the status that E=mc2 has in popular culture, just imagine how >> much >> artistic freedom you will be giving to people. A '/' can be stylized in >> myriad ways. >> A word will never be able to compete with that. Maybe Slash will write >> some theme >> music for it? >> >> Also, if its a defacto standard, doesn't '/' make a lot of sense? Its the >> starting point... >> by definition. >> >> Yours sincerely >> Gaurav Gautam >> >> On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 4:04:19 AM UTC+5:30, Mark Nuzzolilo wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 7:27 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > I'm not an active coder in the development of opencog, but I'm opposed >>> to a >>> > namechange. >>> > >>> > when I started to learn about opencog I found that the various naming >>> and >>> > renaming was a frustrating >>> > source of confusion for a beginner. This AGI project of yours was >>> first >>> > known as Novamente, then opencog prime, then opencog.... It took me >>> ardeous >>> > efforts to figuer out >>> > that it was essentially all the same. >>> > >>> >>> If by "AGI project" you mean the encompassing framework now known as >>> "OpenCog": This was never called "OpenCogPrime", it went straight from >>> Novamente to OpenCog. There are two different systems. OpenCog is a >>> generalized framework intended for experimentation with differing AGI >>> designs, of which CogPrime happens to be the design that the team here >>> is using. The implementation of CogPrime within OpenCog is called >>> OpenCogPrime. >>> >>> It can be clumsy to parse through the various names listed above and >>> that's the rationale behind the name change for OpenCogPrime. OpenCog >>> itself is not changing as far as I am aware (and I like that name as >>> is). >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "opencog" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/opencog. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/opencog/c635886b-aabd-4736-b2fe-84555d4f16f7%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/opencog/c635886b-aabd-4736-b2fe-84555d4f16f7%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "opencog" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/opencog. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/opencog/79a86312-7f9a-4e79-9768-13e3520faafe%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
