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["Ben Goertzel" <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Attention allocation was newly developed in OpenCog so surely won't break
anything...

However, PLN may contain some code that's compatible with the Novamente core
but not OpenCog ... it may still be in an intermediate state of porting from
Novamente to OpenCog ... even though it *does* do stuff and give meaningful
output, etc.   Joel would be the one to answer this...

ben


On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:58 PM, Trent Waddington <
trent.waddington@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Ben Goertzel <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I don't understand the distinction you're drawing...
> > Joel's AA module was newly coded not ported ... and the forward chainer
> Joel
> > built combined ported code with new code ... and both of these **actually
> do
> > stuff**.  If you're curious, Joel can give you instructions as to how to
> run
> > his Hopfield Net emulator (using AA) and his forward chainer.  I have
> seen
> > them operate.  They produce meaningful output.
>
> That'd be nice, yes.
>
> > Also, the PetBrain code will also do stuff once fully ported into
> OpenCog:
> > it will allow OpenCog to control virtual dogs in a virtual world.  It
> > doesn't just need to compile, it needs to actually function, just like
> > Linas's code...
>
> Obviously I'm misinformed.  Both Linas and I have asked why the PLN
> code is being developed on a separate branch and been told that it is
> because it will break stuff in the core.  Except by Joel, who has told
> us that he just doesn't want to give anyone the expectation that it is
> "ready".  So the whole conversation has centered around people
> breaking stuff.
>
> Trent
>
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