bovlb/opencyc

Guest only access

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I can get a console on http://localhost:3602/cgi-bin/cyccgi/cg?cb-start, but I can't seem to do much as a guest. How do I create an account. Also, have you found the documentation? Thanks for sharing. M

bovlb commented

I suggest you login as CycAdministrator. Please let me know how I can improve my instructions.

For documentation, you could try https://web.archive.org/web/20160122174355/http://www.opencyc.org/doc/ but it's a bit ropey.

Thanks. Is there a tutorial. It's a very cryptic system. I can't get it to do anything interesting. The documentation is really no help either. I'm beginning to think Pedro was right.

bovlb commented

Um, yes it is a bit hard to get into. There was a lot of documentation written back in the day, but a much of it is no longer (publicly) available. Did you find the "Getting Started" section in the link I gave above (under Resources / Documentation)? I'm afraid my offering is really aimed at people already familiar with the system. Who is Pedro?

I found it, and it was a little bit helpful. Pedro Domingo is a well known Professor who teaches AI. BTW, if you ever run across a tutorial, that's what I'd need to look around the system. I really have no idea how to use this. Cheers, M

bovlb commented

I consulted, but didn't come up with anything better than the archive linked above. Did you find the "Ontologist's Handbook"?

No. I haven't found it. A google search for opencog ontologist's handbook comes up with this which may be helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTLhPEcaHLs

bovlb commented

The Ontologist's Handbook can be found by poking around in the documentation from the link I gave above. (Unfortunately, it's awkward to generate links from exploring in archive.org.)

Update: https://web.archive.org/web/20160216020348/http://www.cyc.com/documentation/ontologists-handbook/

Thank you. I'm also having some success with the link for opencog that comes with the above mentioned video. It's the only thing of Ben's that's ever worked for me. ;)