Hi Mark, I think OpenAI is an exciting initiative.
OpenCog is a bit different because it's founded on a specific approach to building AGI. I realize OpenCog is kind of a pain to work with at present, and we hope to fix that during the coming year....
But I see OpenCog and OpenAI as complementary initiatives, really.... OpenAI's mandate is more broad and generic in terms of fostering and funding open-source AGI research, which is wonderful ... but OpenAI does not come along with a specific, coherent AGI design from what I can see.... Quite possibly OpenAI will end up funding stuff that is used in OpenCog, or even funding some work on OpenCog directly, down the road...
For that matter, if I had a billion dollars, I wouldn't put it all into OpenCog, I would also fund a variety of OSS projects in AI and other important domains of science and engineering...
OpenCog is a bit different because it's founded on a specific approach to building AGI. I realize OpenCog is kind of a pain to work with at present, and we hope to fix that during the coming year....
But I see OpenCog and OpenAI as complementary initiatives, really.... OpenAI's mandate is more broad and generic in terms of fostering and funding open-source AGI research, which is wonderful ... but OpenAI does not come along with a specific, coherent AGI design from what I can see.... Quite possibly OpenAI will end up funding stuff that is used in OpenCog, or even funding some work on OpenCog directly, down the road...
For that matter, if I had a billion dollars, I wouldn't put it all into OpenCog, I would also fund a variety of OSS projects in AI and other important domains of science and engineering...
Interesting times ;)