If you think the CYC path to AI has any chance, you'll probably
find GAC (stands for Generic Artificial Conciousness) interesting.
Instead of using experts to create a knowledge base, GAC has
joe internet user entering and validating true/false questions.
It looks like the project is really taking off (it looks like
their contributor base is growing very rapidly, and they're
starting to get press). Temporarily anyway, it could be hailed
as the next big distributed thing. It will be interesting to
see how long people stay interested, or whether any "interesting"
results will come of it.
[t] [f] GAC is hiding under the carpet at
http://www.mindpixel.com/?ref=10076
[t] [f] Of course they're using a referral program
[t] [f] http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,38466,00.html
concerns GAC
[t] [f] http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20000825.html
supposedly is
about GAC but pbs.org currently can't find the page
[t] [f] Lenat hasn't thoroughly researched GAC, but is skeptical
-- [t] [f] Signatures tend to follow a line matching the pattern ^--$
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