Nice discussion this week. At the end there was a call for topic suggestions so here is one in case it is helpful.
Alexey made an interesting point about not wanting to focus too much on a single problem, or learning environment, while building Hyperon because that might cause the system to become biased towards that way of thinking rather than becoming general. More learning environments may be good as it helps promote generality in the design of the system. Having only a few might help focus resources and makes it easier to make visible progress. Finding some which are "orthogonal", as in they stress the system in different ways, might be helpful. It may also matter if there are people on the project who are passionate about a particular area and would enjoy developing it. And also if some environments are premade (like OpenAI Gym or Minecraft, for instance) this might save work compared to making bespoke ones, however bespoke ones might have desirable features. It is also possible that building a suite of learning environments can be done early in development without needing foundational decisions about Hyperon's Atomese and cognitive algorithms implementation to be made yet. So maybe that would make a good discussion point? What is a good list of learning environments to prepare for Hyperon for when it is ready to interact with them? Jon On Monday, May 10, 2021 at 8:58:49 AM UTC+1 Ben Goertzel wrote: > Ah, forgot to re-include the general AGI Discussion Forum link, > > https://wiki.opencog.org/w/AGI_Discussion_Forum > > > On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 12:51 AM Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > Fri May 14, 2021 we will have the next AGI Discussion Forum session on > the topic > > > > "Minecraft for AGI? -- Brainstorming Session on Minecraft as an > > Experimentation/Demonstration Platform for Early-Stage AGI systems." > > > > Location: https://singularitynet.zoom.us/my/benbot > > > > Some relevant thoughts in a Hyperon context are here > > > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OaocoMBWh72roMkxbBaUYxmUGGM02-taYHNZvARI86I/edit# > > > > The previous and inaugural AGI Discussion Forum was an interesting > > discussion but the focused and technical nature of the paper used to > > seed discussion did not lend itself so much to wide-open > > brainstorming/discussion. I've aimed this time to choose a topic > > that's super easy for anyone to enter into... opposite end of the > > spectrum perhaps... > > > > thanks > > Ben > > > > -- > > Ben Goertzel, PhD > > http://goertzel.org > > > > “He not busy being born is busy dying" -- Bob Dylan > > > > -- > Ben Goertzel, PhD > http://goertzel.org > > “He not busy being born is busy dying" -- Bob Dylan > -- 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/be093801-3f52-49f9-8e0a-91a967238542n%40googlegroups.com.
