Cybernetics
The science and technology of intelligence.
UPDATE: 12/5/2004
Project goals:
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To investigate and formalize a theory of thought and develop a method
for
encoding patterns.
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To develop algorithms for acquiring, processing, and utilizing
knowledge.
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To develop a method for designing and implementing motivational systems
for cybernetic systems.
* A general cybernetic node is a device capable of, within limits,
satisfying
the requirements of all cybernetic problems. Solutions for special
cybernetic
problems include rocket guidance systems and, in the degenerate case,
home
thermostats.
News:
This project is now my main focus. It offers the most promice for
kickstarting the rest of my projects.
The latest addition is my Mind II proposal. It presents a research
program that has an exceptionally high probablity of producing usable
artificial intelligence.
Papers:
AI Development with the Sphere Operating System
The Mind II
AI architecture (NEW)
Subprojects:
A formal conceptualization of engrams and integrated
engram
processing.
Kurt Godel in the early thirties developed a system
known as Godel Numbering that can be used to represent any formal
system.
That is any concept that can be defined can be expressed as godel
numbers.
It is therefore possible to encode very complex entities, including
knowlege,
as these numbers.
What is required are the algorithms and software systems to process
the varrious types of input streams, perform cognition, and implement
motovation.
A cybernetic node.
The design and construction of a device (including
software) that solves the general cybernetic problem and is capable of
processing knowlege at a level sufficient to communicate in the English
language with a vocabulary of at least 3,000 words. Subsidiary to this
goal is a set of protocols and standards for communicating knowlege
between
such devices and also the integration of such devices and or processing
techniques with conventional computer operating systems.
A paper (9/14/99) explains this
idea
in more detail. It may be freely coppied so long as my name remains on
it.