Epstein Secrets

, dealing with with a variety of general conceptual issues related to the engineering of advanced AGI, as well as presenting a brief overview of the CogPrime design for Artificial General Intelligence. Now here in Part 2 we plunge deep into the nitty-gritty, and describe the multiple aspects of the CogPr

s and their colleagues with implementations of related software systems. The journey began in earnest in 1997 with the design and implementation of the Webmind AI Engine at Intelligenesis Corp., which itself went through a few major design revisions; and then in 2001-2002 the Novamente Cognition Engine was architecte

49.6 Cognitive Processes 481 CogPrime's multi-memory design, it's natural to consider CogPrime's cognitive processes in terms of which memory subsystems they focus on (although, this is

eferences in the listener's mind. • Psynet Model: An early version of the theory of mind underlying CogPrime, referred to in some early writings on the Webmind AI Engine and Novamente Cognition Engine. The concepts underlying the psynet model are still part of the theory underlying CogPrime, but the name has been de

f intel- ligence and mind. It then sketches the broad outlines of a novel, integrative architecture for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) called CogPrime ... and describes an approach for giving a young AGI system (CogPrime or otherwise) appropriate experience, so that it can develop its own smarts,

fore anyone else was interested in listening. Ken and I schemed some AGI designs at Simon's Rock College in 1983, years before we worked together on the Webmind AI Engine. • Allan Combs, who got me thinking about consciousness in various different ways, at a very early point in my career. I'm very pleased to still co

concepts in one of Douglas HoEstadter's books. Naturally, real concept heterarchies are far more large, complex and tangled than even this one. In CogPrime, ECAN enforces heterarchy via building SymmetricHebbianLinks, and PLN by building SimilarityLinks, IntensionalSimilarityLinks and ExtensionalSimilar

eferences in the listener's mind. • Psynet Model: An early version of the theory of mind underlying CogPrime, referred to in some early writings on the Webmind AI Engine and Novamente Cognition Engine. The concepts underlying the psynet model are still part of the theory underlying CogPrime, but the name has been de

of intel- ligence and mind. It then sketches the broad outlines of a novel, integrative architecture for Artificial General Intelligence (AGT) called CogPrime ... and describes an approach for giving a young AGI system (CogPrime or otherwise) appropriate experience, so that it can develop its own smarts, cr

oing thinking and research). The collaborative design process ultimately resulting in CogPrime started in 1997 when Intelligenesis Corp. was formed — the Webmind AI Engine created in Intelligenesis’s research group during 1997-2001 was the predecessor to the Novamente Cognition Engine created at Novamente LLC during 200

n concepts in one of Douglas Hofstadter’s books. Naturally, real concept heterarchies are far more large, complex and tangled than even this one. In CogPrime, ECAN enforces heterarchy via building SymmetricHebbianLinks, and PLN by building SimilarityLinks, IntensionalSimilarityLinks and ExtensionalSimilari

g references in the listener’s mind. Psynet Model: An early version of the theory of mind underlying CogPrime, referred to in some early writings on the Webmind AI Engine and Novamente Cognition Engine. The concepts underlying the psynet model are still part of the theory underlying CogPrime, but the name has been depr