Re: [unrev-II] A CYC competitor: a society of Webminds (Psynet), KNOW- language for knowledge representation & communications with WebSphere

From: John J. Deneen (jjdeneen@ricochet.net)
Date: Sat Jul 07 2001 - 00:35:59 PDT

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    Video of Dr. Ben Goertzel lectures about WebMind:
    Wembind1 (8 minutes, 59 seconds) <
    http://www.camden.rutgers.edu:8080/ramgen/goertzel/Ben_Goertzel_1.rm >
    Webmind2 (5 minutes, 32 seconds) <
    http://www.camden.rutgers.edu:8080/ramgen/goertzel/Ben_Goertzel_2.rm >
    Webmind3 (5 minutes, 30 seconds) <
    http://www.camden.rutgers.edu:8080/ramgen/goertzel/Ben_Goertzel_3.rm >
    Webmind4 (2 minutes, 29 seconds) <
    http://www.camden.rutgers.edu:8080/ramgen/goertzel/Ben_Goertzel_4.rm >

    In his current resume it says: <
    http://www.goertzel.org/ben/newResume.htm >

    "Currently I am seeking to form a successor company to Webmind Inc., and
    also looking for short-term consulting opportunities. At the moment I
    am also open in principle to sufficiently interesting long-term work."

    Jack Park wrote:

    > All of the WebMind stuff is based on the works of Ben Goertzel. Many
    > of
    > his papers can be found at http://www.goertzel.org/papers/main.htm
    > Just a couple of them are:
    > Webmind: A Self-Organizing Internet AI System for Knowledge Management
    > and
    > Knowledge Creation
    > Helical Time in Physics and Psychology
    > Book Review -- Radiance of Being by Allan Combs
    > On the Algebraic Structure of Consciousness
    >
    > A bio on him can be found at
    > http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bios/goertzel.html
    > The bio includes a link to the original webmind site
    > http://www.webmind.com/
    > Note: at http://www.goertzel.org/supermonkey.html there is a link to a
    >
    > notice that Webmind Inc. went bankrupt. Also a note that they are
    > (were)
    > looking for a way to restart the activity.
    >
    > Given that at http://www.intelligenesis.net/jobs.html somebody is
    > hiring,
    > it would appear (pure speculation?) that Webmind is back.
    >
    > Also at http://www.goertzel.org/supermonkey.html is a jump to a list
    > of his
    > books that have html dumps online.
    >
    > Is this project liable to go open source? I suspect that it will not
    > do that.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > At 03:21 PM 7/6/2001 +0200, you wrote:
    > >Browsing through http://www.intelligenesis.net as a whole is very
    > impressive
    > >indeed.
    > >Impressive global vision, impressive knowledge and technical
    > bakground,
    > >impressive goals.
    > >Just a slight umber to that. Looks like a standalone enterprise, with
    > no
    > >clear connection to various Semantic Web initiatives and other
    > >standardization efforts. Another "go global, but under my technology"
    > try?
    > >
    > >Looking forward for further developments ...
    > >
    > >-------------------------------------------------
    > >bernard.vatant@mondeca.com
    > >Mondeca - "Making Sense of Content"
    > >www.mondeca.com
    >
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