Epstein Secrets

g used as the basis for an open-source software project called OpenCog, which is being worked on by software developers around the world. Right now OpenCog embodies only a percentage of the overall CogPrime design as described here. But if OpenCog continues to attract sufficient funding or volunteer in

the ideas presented here are not mere armchair speculation - they are currently being used as the basis for an open-source software project called OpenCog, which is being worked on by software developers around the world. Right now OpenCog embodies only a percentage of the overall CogPrime design as d

validated or refuted via practice. (As a related note: here and there in this book, we will refer to the "current" CogPrime implementation (in the OpenCog framework); in all cases this refers to OpenCog as of late 2013.) To state one believes one knows a workable path to creating a human-level (and po

hics 205 12.1 Introduction 205 12.2 Review of Current Thinking on the Risks of AGI 206 12.3 The Value of an Explicit Goal System 209 12.4 Ethical Synergy 210 12.4.1 Stages of Development of Declarative Ethics 211 12.4.2 Stages of Development of Empathic Ethics 214 12.4.3 An Integrative Approa

us to attractor neural nets. The OpenCog design also contains a mechanism called Psynese (not yet implemented), in- tended to make it easier for one OpenCog instance to translate its personal thoughts into the mental language of another OpenCog instance. This translation process may be quite subtle, sin

representation, with an explicit (uncertain) logical aspect as well as an explicit subsymbolic aspect more analogous to attractor neural nets. The OpenCog design also contains a mechanism called Psynese (not yet implemented), in- tended to make it easier for one OpenCog instance to translate its persona

one way of doing this. In our near-term work with CogPrime, we are using simplistic approaches, with a view toward early-stage system testing. 12.4 Ethical Synergy An explicit goal system provides an explicit way to ensure that ethical principles (as represented in system goals) play a significant role in guid

us to attractor neural nets. The OpenCog design also contains a mechanism called Psynese (not yet implemented), in- tended to make it easier for one OpenCog instance to translate its personal thoughts into the mental language of another OpenCog instance. This translation process may be quite subtle, since

d representation, with an explicit (uncertain) logical aspect as well as an explicit subsymbolic aspect more analogous to attractor neural nets. The OpenCog design also contains a mechanism called Psynese (not yet implemented), in- tended to make it easier for one OpenCog instance to translate its persona

inciple, they have the flexibility to deal with complex ethical decisions, including not only weighted “for the greater HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013128 12.4 Ethical Synergy 213 good” dichotomous decision making, but also the ability to develop moral decision networks which do not require that all situations be solved th