Cyc's DB is not publicly modifiable, but it's **huge** ... big enough that its bulk would take others a really long time to replicate
Why don't you find out if you can do anything interesting w/ Cyc's existing **publicly available** DB, before setting about making your own. You may find out, just like Cyc has, that possessing such a DB doesn't really get you anywhere in terms of creating AGI ... or even in terms of creating surpassingly useful narrow-AI systems... ben On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 1:00 AM, YKY (Yan King Yin) < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I still don't understand why you think a simple interface for entering > facts > > is so important... Cyc has a great UI for entering facts, and used it to > > enter millions of them already ... how far did it get them toward AGI??? > > Does Cyc have a publicly modifiable AND centrally maintained KB? > That's what I'm trying to make... > > YKY > > > ------------------------------------------- > agi > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome " - Dr Samuel Johnson ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=114414975-3c8e69 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
