Just be sure that SANTA doesn't turned into: Self-organizing Algorithm of a Terminator-like Adaptive Network: SATAN
"Any sufficiently complex system is hackable" http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=4389790 On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 5:59 PM, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote: > SANTA = Self-organizing Adaptive NeTwork Algorithm ... yeah, sure, why > not? ;D > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 4:04 AM, Andi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ben, > > since it is your design: > > > > "-- CogPrime for my own specific AGI design, based on cognitive synergy > > between PLN, MOSES, ECAN and so forth" > > > > It should be named as what it is and at what you want it to be: > > > > BensSanta > > > > And it will be praised and talked about for thousands of years, > > by people sitting around their fires, telling tales about how it > began...... > > > > Belive me: everybody in the scene will remenber this name and what it > means > > and who made the design and with what tools it was made - the opencog > > toolset. > > > > In this way the first gift from BensSanta will be that more people know > > about and remember opencog... > > > > Andi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Am Sonntag, 31. Januar 2016 08:18:46 UTC+1 schrieb Ben Goertzel: > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> So, I could use y'all's help in some name-brainstorming... > >> > >> Way back in the days of yore, before self-driving cars and deep > >> learning were all the rage and Silicon Valley overlords talked about > >> billions for open-source AI, before national leaders and > >> mega-corporations thought AGI was a meaningful pursuit, back when we > >> were running around in loincloths and trying to program AGI using > >> abacuses carved from mammoth bones ... way back then, in the chaotic > >> mess of my livingroom in Rockville MD, I crafted the following > >> fiendishly clever naming scheme: > >> > >> -- OpenCog for the general framework, e.g. Atomspace, MindAgents, > >> etc., that I wanted to create via open-sourcing the key bits of > >> Novamente Cognition Engine ... as a toolkit that many people could use > >> to experiment with their various proto-AGI approaches... > >> > >> -- CogPrime for my own specific AGI design, based on cognitive synergy > >> between PLN, MOSES, ECAN and so forth > >> > >> -- OpenCogPrime for the implementation of CogPrime within OpenCog > >> (since CogPrime as an abstract AGI design could be implemented in > >> other non-OpenCog frameworks as well...) > >> > >> ... > >> > >> In hindsight, this "clever" naming scheme was not one of my better > >> inventions and it generally causes more confusion than anything > >> else.... What has happened is that "CogPrime" is never used and > >> "OpenCog" is used to mean both the framework and the AGI design and > >> various superpositions and blends between those two things... > >> > >> So a few of us have decided it would be a Good Thing to have a new and > >> distinct name for "CogPrime", so as to clearly distinguish it from the > >> underlying OpenCog framework... > >> > >> The door is open for any name anyone can come with, so if you have any > >> suggestions please post to the list.... Of course, if nobody comes > >> up with anything more appealing we can always stick with mediocre old > >> "CogPrime" ... > >> > >> I am indeed aware of the weakness of the whole concept of > >> "branded/named AI architecture" ... after all, each branded > >> architecture mixes up concepts from all over the place, and the > >> underlying algorithms and structures are often more important than the > >> specific branded combination. Yet we live in a world dominated by > >> humans still, and given the peculiarities of human psychology, having > >> zingy names and brands to associate with things is helpful for > >> communication, fundraising, and other human-society necessities.... > >> so it goes... > >> > >> thanks! > >> ben > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Ben Goertzel, PhD > >> http://goertzel.org > >> > >> "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one > >> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all > >> progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw > > > > -- > > 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/a9924088-7122-4572-9b17-5441668a1653%40googlegroups.com > . > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > Ben Goertzel, PhD > http://goertzel.org > > Super-benevolent super-intelligence is the thought the Global Brain is > currently struggling to form... > > -- > 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/CACYTDBcv%2BSH-AYD7a3kfcfaWgXjDJ45jU-AVm8TAsCUjHUrnyw%40mail.gmail.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "opencog" group. 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