[Dante]

Admin Edit :  This topic has been moved from elsewhere as it branched away from the original topic.

Edit :   Unfortunately this project is now closed - maybe another time....


As to what I can bring to the table;

I'm currently writing an AI encyclopaedia (for free, of course)


And the AIBO? If I was a capitalist, I'd probably charge for the Encyclopaedia, but I shan't, so AIBO will probably remain out of my grasp, I'm too kind like that

still, donatations wouldn't go amiss

[Freddy]

Interesting about the encyclopedia, I was thinking of starting an AI WIKI, but to do that effectively I think we would need to upgrade servers. 

[Dante]

A wiki would be nice, I know of many articles on Wikipedia already, but they are disjointed, and whereas there is one or two Wiki's for AI, one is privitie, the other was abandoned.

I shall talk with my other admin and see if our site can support one.

[Freddy]

Ok that's great.  I do have a blank WIKI set up already on this server, just so you know.  I was just waiting till the day I thought of something useful to do with it.  We could probably host it ok short-term, it just depends a lot on how much it actuallly get used.  One bridge at a time really...if it did prove popular then I would find some way of hosting it effectively.

[Dante]

Wish I'd learnt that eariler, my co-admin is setting one up, I beleive.

this is the basic info package I wrote;

The AI Wiki is a wiki designed to archive and categorize AI and robotics projects such as natural language bots; software bots in general, Autonomous Vehicles, Game AI, Medical, Engineering and Scientific bots as well as keep track of Robot Ethics.

It is intended to serve as a �hub� of factual information and will keep track of websites, news, terminology, books, history and compare real life projects to machines idealized in fiction.

Why?
The AI Hub Wiki was created out of a desire to �build bridges� among the AI community, allowing others to compare and conceptualize as well as archive.

I can't say I think it wise to have TWO wiki's, but you and everyone else interested are perfectly welcome to post info on the wiki when it's setup.

[Freddy]

Hmmm, well as it was my idea, I would have prefered some consultation on where it gets hosted...I did say I could look into hosting it and my plans were pretty much in place.

[Dante]

I apologise, but the AI Hub's website is not really designed for archiving, I jumped on the idea asi've been searching for an alternitive for donkey's years :p

If you'd prefer, we could merge...the proposition was to build bridges....

[Freddy]

You mean work on the AI WIKI as a joint venture ?  That sounds fine.  Thanks for the apology, I didn't mean to sound funny, but I just felt a little like my idea was here one minute and then whisked away to be done somewhere else without me really having much to say about it.

I was also thinking that both those sites that seem to be abandoned could supply a good start for things in the WIWI.

As this topic has branched out I have split it into a new thread....

[Dante]

Good idea,

Via the AI Encyclopaedia, I cant help but think it would be better as a Wiki, rather then an e-book.

In one way, your idea was whisked away deep into my imagination .

I'm considering looking into storage for bots and relevant software, I don't want a repeat of the TANU Incident.

If there is anyone familiar with programming, we could get our own wiki-bot to take Tyler's job

...then again, I do wonder if Tyler 'is' a bot...

[Freddy]

I did make an AMIL bot that sent you to WIKI pages, but I am guessing you mean for the bot to use the WIKI as a knowledge base ?

As for Tyler, she is completely automated.  All she does is check whatever rss feed I have her connected to and then if there is something new she posts about it.  I didn't write her myself, she was a plug-in for the forum, I didn't see the point of re-inventing the wheel.

[Dante]

Yes, a bot to direct and compare. I was also thinking of having a bot that could, in effect, take news articles from sites, send them to the administrator's of the wiki (so they could be worked upon and catagorized) , andthe bot would then writethe finished item into the wiki

Look up the OpenCYC Wiki project, they effectively turn Wikipedia into a machine-readable database. I wonder if we could do the same?

[Freddy]

Certainly food for thought...

After some deliberation a WIKI has been started here :

http://aidreams.co.uk/aiwiki

I'm pretty much a noobie when it come to WIKI's but everyone is welcome to work on this project.

[siggi38]

This Wiki is a very good idea.
I hope there will be also a category for
*AIML
*Chatbots
*Pandorabot and second life
*AI and second life
*Perhaps a bit Philosophy and AI
*Psychology and AI

[GT40]

Yeah! Cool idea! 

Now needs to be filled. Then it will be GREAT!! 

[Freddy]

Thanks for the ideas Siggi38, that's just the kind of thing we need.  Any of you two familiar with WIKI building ?