To this end, has any thought been given to other implementation languages? Julialang seems to have a very strong userbase in the research field, is easy to pick up like Python, JIT so long compile times are generally a non-issue, and it executes with near-C levels of performance.
Just my 0.02, curious to see how this discussion develops. On Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 8:51:52 PM UTC-4 Ben Goertzel wrote: > Sorry to hear about your logistical hassles -- but good to hear from > you and know you're still around...! > > We are doing a from-the-round rethink and redesign ... whether this > leads to a from-the-ground rewrite or not is still an open question... > > As for the name of the hypothetical in-progress new version it's > "OpenCog Hyperon" for now... I am reserving "OpenCog Tachyon" for the > future closed-timelike-loop based version ;) > > > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 4:47 PM Curtis Michael Faith > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The name and project need a ground up rewrite using lessons that Kenny > Kasajian knows better than anyone. I am trying to get Kenny to help me > build a team from the OpenCog project but I've been busy with trying to > stay alive as I lost my wallet in Manchester, NH and IDs and haven't been > able to open a new bank account since I left Portland 10 months ago. I have > checks piling up I can't cash and had to really get clevver to live... > > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 7:43 PM Curtis Michael Faith < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> So... the Open Cog project is run in academia and not really good > software land. AI is too specialized and HUGE you can't expect someone who > is successful to have time to do it right. > >> > >> I suggest you forget the name OpenCog. Forget the code. Forget Ben's > first prototypes. Think Think think > >> > >> we really all need to sit down together someplace in Europe or Korea... > perhaps > >> > >> On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 1:06 PM Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> If anyone wants to dig deeper into recent thinking by myself, Alexey > >>> Potapov and multiple colleagues on an in-progress (still very early > >>> stage) new OpenCog version, OpenCog Hyperon, we have put a bunch of > >>> docs on the wiki linked from here > >>> > >>> https://wiki.opencog.org/w/Hyperon#OpenCog_Hyperon > >>> > >>> Bear in mind these are mostly early-stage raw discussion documents not > >>> refined specs or anything like that. We are sharing aspects of our > >>> thought-process-so-far with a view toward soliciting feedback and > >>> potentially participation... > >>> > >>> thanks > >>> ben > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Ben Goertzel, PhD > >>> http://goertzel.org > >>> > >>> “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to > >>> live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same > >>> time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, > >>> burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders > >>> across the stars.” -- Jack Kerouac > >>> > >>> -- > >>> 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/opencog/CACYTDBfrZjp7gE4qE7fUF0fLK%3DFvP3nM3hnrUA%2Be8eXTx8pJnQ%40mail.gmail.com > . > > > > -- > > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/opencog/CAJzHpFr1Wjjvatktqq519aOarD05Mwt4kxv_JZgNGQt_gBeu2Q%40mail.gmail.com > . > > > > -- > Ben Goertzel, PhD > http://goertzel.org > > “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to > live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same > time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, > burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders > across the stars.” -- Jack Kerouac > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/opencog/6517ab72-dcc2-4e3d-9403-6298458ae84en%40googlegroups.com.
