Re: [opencog-dev] PartitionLink, biological pathways, human bodies, etc.

2017-07-31 Thread Ben Goertzel
Hi Linas, The difference between PartitionLink and MemberLink is pretty obvious, right? A PartitionNode defines a partition of the set denoted by a ConceptNode. The partition elements that are linked to the PartitionNode by a PartitionLink can of course also be linked via a MemberLink to the Co

Re: [opencog-dev] PartitionLink, biological pathways, human bodies, etc.

2017-07-31 Thread Linas Vepstas
Hi Ben, Mike, On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 9:41 PM, Ben Goertzel wrote: > Some interesting representational issues have come up in the context > of Atomspace representation of pathways, which appear to have more > general implications… > > It seems the semantics we want for a biological pathway is so

Re: [opencog-dev] Chinese, English databases

2017-07-31 Thread Linas Vepstas
yeah, I guess I should read that paper. Not having read it, I'll stick to my original assertion: link-grammars are categorial grammers are more or less the same thing, just using a different notation. There are, however, a few tricks we've learned over the years: -- proposition 3 deals with cycle

[opencog-dev] Re: Inference control problem and autonomous BDI agent as its solutions

2017-07-31 Thread Alex
Thanks a lot! 9 words and 3 points and whole new world opens! -- 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 opencog+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this gr

Re: [opencog-dev] Inference control problem and autonomous BDI agent as its solutions

2017-07-31 Thread Ben Goertzel
openpsi , in opencog, serves a similar role to BDI ... On Jul 31, 2017 12:47 PM, "Alex" wrote: > I have heard about Eva chatbot. So - the question is - are there some > ongoing efforts to build BDI (Belief-Desires-Intentions and maybe + > synthetic emtions) agent in OpenCog? There are MindAgen

Re: [opencog-dev] Chinese, English databases

2017-07-31 Thread Alex
Just for reference, there is down-to-earth, but very interesting and valuable article about generating CCG lexicon from Link Grammar lexicon https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00487053/document . So, now, as a fan of CCG, I will start to value efforts in link grammar area. -- You received th

[opencog-dev] Re: [ANNOUNCE] Link-Grammar Version 5.4.0 is now available.

2017-07-31 Thread Linas Vepstas
On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 6:56 PM, Ed Pell wrote: > > Is there a co-reference resolver you know of? > Not really. There is a a harness in opencog for this, it implements a very basic algo, but no one has pushed on it in years. its in opencog/nlp/anaphora -- You received this message because you

[opencog-dev] Inference control problem and autonomous BDI agent as its solutions

2017-07-31 Thread Alex
I have heard about Eva chatbot. So - the question is - are there some ongoing efforts to build BDI (Belief-Desires-Intentions and maybe + synthetic emtions) agent in OpenCog? There are MindAgents and several other agents but I guess that those "agents" are specialised maintenance threads that u

Re: [opencog-dev] Java 8

2017-07-31 Thread Matt Chapman
As a long time Java critic, I find Java 8 vastly more pleasant to use than it's prior versions. I imagine there is a small community of people that would appreciate having Java tools to assist in generating Atomese. All the Best, Matt -- Standard Disclaimer: Please interpret brevity as me valuin

Re: [opencog-dev] Java 8

2017-07-31 Thread Ben Goertzel
> In the meanwhile, there is an effort is to create a scripting language that > will allow non-programmer artists to create scripted actions and reactions. > Unfortunately, this completely blows-off and ignores the concept of a > "middle form", and so there is no path forward from scripting to a le

Re: [opencog-dev] Java 8

2017-07-31 Thread Linas Vepstas
On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 12:47 PM, Adrian Borucki wrote: > I can see your points, sometimes I forget how ambitious this project is... > :) > I suppose you want to make the software do what you want by communicating > with it in a natural language and extend its capabilities on its own if it > cann

RE: [opencog-dev] Java 8

2017-07-31 Thread David Xanatos
Please don’t deprecate the Python bindings. We’re out here. We don’t speak up because we’re still light years behind where you folks, the stars of the OpenCog Universe, are and we have nothing of value to contribute…. Yet. But we’re here, and we have developed a great deal of the structure in