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From: uj797@freenet.Victoria.BC.CA (Arthur T. Murray)
Subject: Mind.rexx AI for robots
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     Mind.rexx, a public-domain artificial intelligence (AI) program being
developed in the REXX programming language on the Commodore Amiga, is
perhaps still too theoretical for practical robotics, but nevertheless
we offer it free-of-charge for anyone interested in a general-purpose AI
as the brain of a robot.

    The Amiga archive AmiNet of the Internet periodically contains major
upgrades of Mind.rexx in the "utils/rexx" directory.  More frequent uploads
are made to Seattle-area Amiga bulletin boards, including the following:
         Gramma's BBS          206-744-1254
         Bermuda Triangle      206-771-8420
         Ameg-Amiga            206-850-6466
         Amiga Images          206-248-2125
         Planet C              206-343-0827
         Thalion's Keep        206-941-8138.
Work-in-progress versions of Amiga Mind.rexx are posted to the above boards.

    Mind.rexx is a linguistic AI algorithm, but the underlying mind-model
(shown schematically below) deals of necessity with motor control, free will
and volition in general.  As Mind.rexx matures, even a crude robotic link
with the outside world is necessary if the AI mind is going to develop a
sense of identity distinct from its environment.

    Since Mind.rexx is in the public domain, no license or permission is
needed to work on Mind.rexx, and products based on the Mind.rexx freeware
may even be sold commercially.  It follows however that there is no
guarantee of forthcoming support or explanation of the underlying theory,
although an experimenter in robotics may count on some gratis support by
the method of releasing innovations into the public domain and calling
for feedback from beneficiaries of the technology transfer.

    For the underlying theory of mind, please see Amiga Library Disk #411.

   /^^^^^^^^^^^^\       Amiga Mind.rexx for Robots         /^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\
  / Visual       \               ______                   / Auditory       \
 | Memory Channel |             /      \  ultimate-tag   | Memory Channel   |
 |                |            / syntax \<---------------|---------------\  |
 |                |            \  node  /       ______   |               |  |
 |                |             \______/------>/      \  |               |  |
 |     round-about| connection     |          /function\ |               |  |
 |    /-----------|-------------\  |flush     \ cable  / |               |  |
 |    |           |             |  |vector     \______/  |     ______    |  |
 |    |           |            _V__V_               |    |    /      \   |  |
 |   _|___        |           /      \ recall-vector|    |   / stored \  |  |
 |  /     \  re-af|firmation /logico- \-------------|----|-->\  stem  /  |  |
 | /percept\<-----|-------->/conceptual\ (onset-tag)|    |    \______/   |  |
 | \       / line |         \ cable    /            |    |         |     |  |
 |  \_____/       |          \________/       ______V_   | ultimate|-tag |  |
 |                |                          /        \<-|---------'     |  |
 |                |                         /inflection\ |     ________  |  |
 |                |                         \  cable   /-|--->/        \ |  |
 |                |                          \________/  |   /  stored  \|  |
 |                |                                      |   \inflection/   |
 |                |                                      |    \________/    |
-- 
  Arthur T. Murray                       c/o Project Mentifex
  uj797@freenet.victoria.bc.ca           Post Office Box 31326
  Creating Mind.rexx in Amiga REXX       Seattle, WA 98103-1326
  based on Amiga Lib. Disk No. 411       USA
