Ben Goertzel on SingularityNET

SingularityNET ~= Webmind on blockchain and OpenCog

Decentralized Distributed Processing in SingularityNET

The distinction between decentralized control and distributed processing is substantial and critical, though the ideas and terms are sometimes blurred together in businessy, visionary or informal discussions on AI-and-blockchain.

Decentralized, Bounty-Driven Software Development — Envisioning the Possibilities

A SingularityNET volunteer and enthusiast has pointed out to me recently a number of projects aimed at rewarding contributors to open source software with cryptographic tokens, for instance…

Probabilistic Semantics for Inter-Agent Communication in SingularityNET

Reader beware: This is a set of rough notes and not a formal description of functionality. I may edit this post soon after posting, based on feedback from other SingularityNET developers. But a lot of people…

Service Discovery in SingularityNET — Some Rough Notes

This (fairly technical-ish) post is a description, at a high level, of how I am currently envisioning aspects of the “service discovery” process to work in the commercially launched scalable version of SingularityNET. Not all of this…

The Open, Decentralized AI Market: An Alternative to the Typical Tech Startup or Public Tech Company

For a typical tech startup, the internal structure is very simple: On paper, there is a Board of Directors and an Executive Suite composed of people like CEO…

Multiple Coupled Network Effects and Inter-AI Synergy in the SingularityNET

If SingularityNET is to experience the radical exponential growth that its name suggests, multiple network effects will need to occur and to work together.

Unlocking the Hidden Potential of Existing Open Source Code

The open source revolution has done wonders for AI research, alongside its dramatic impact on more workaday domains like operating systems for servers and mobile devices (where OSS Linux and Android are dominant) and embedded…

Four Views of SingularityNET

Like any complex system, SingularityNET can be viewed from multiple perspectives, each one shedding different insights and suiting different audiences. In this post I will quickly consider SingularityNET from the customer, AI technology, business-structure and futurist views.