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What about Cyc? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyc I think it could work, and best if paired with an application project. Not

What about Cyc? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyc I think it could work, and best if paired with an application project. Not everything is scalable and a long, hard march may be required to create some kinds of systems, especially with respect to Agent based computing. Personally I think Agent based computation is the next big thing after Social, but it is hard to tell what form it may take. I am far from convinced that Apple or Google have the chops to do what is necessary, because it would surely require them to violate their own interests and probably legal obligations. Talking of that sort of thing, you should look into Urbit. Urbit is a network computer that could hypothetically allow Agent based computation to actually work. https://urbit.org/ https://urbit.org/ Urbit is definitely fringe science stuff, I'm sure Walter would approve.

ninjamayo 10y ago
I did research in Multi-Agent Systems and always believed that they are going to be the next big thing but in the end realised that our technological capabilities are not there yet. The urbit is probably a good idea towards that kind of computation, still a long way before that.
- internaut 10y ago
  You could very well be right, it could take decades. I think Augmented Reality will abruptly allow a lot of non-geeks to suddenly be aware of certain realities (imagine seeing a calorie counter on your food, or the fact their data flows are going off somewhere outside of their control), so I hope that will accelerate progress in an Agent based direction. Agents will be easier to build if they are visualized, they may allow for metaphorical understandings across millions of people.
  - ninjamayo 10y ago
    I agree that AR will allow for software to live between us. We don't have that paradigm at the moment. Yes we have a lot of devices that we use but they are all passive, nothing that we can visualise, interact with and that is active in real time like AR entities.

ninjamayo 10y ago

I did research in Multi-Agent Systems and always believed that they are going to be the next big thing but in the end realised that our technological capabilities are not there yet. The urbit is probably a good idea towards that kind of computation, still a long way before that.

internaut 10y ago
You could very well be right, it could take decades. I think Augmented Reality will abruptly allow a lot of non-geeks to suddenly be aware of certain realities (imagine seeing a calorie counter on your food, or the fact their data flows are going off somewhere outside of their control), so I hope that will accelerate progress in an Agent based direction. Agents will be easier to build if they are visualized, they may allow for metaphorical understandings across millions of people.
- ninjamayo 10y ago
  I agree that AR will allow for software to live between us. We don't have that paradigm at the moment. Yes we have a lot of devices that we use but they are all passive, nothing that we can visualise, interact with and that is active in real time like AR entities.