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["Joel Pitt" <joel.pitt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Attention allocation was merged into main/staging a while ago. The
branch still exists because it was the one I told Matt Ikle (for
others, he's a mathematician helping us prove the storage capacity of
the Hopfield network emulator) to use when we met.

PLN is at a stage where it compiles and runs, but just doesn't work
right yet...  I could add PLN to staging since I'm keeping it rebased.
It just means it'd hold back a push from staging to main till PLN is
complete...

J

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Ben Goertzel <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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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