OpenCog Mailing List Archive

Raw thread data from the mailing list.

Source: Gmail archive of opencog Google Group discussions.

Coverage

  • Post-Aug 2021 (138 threads, 439 msgs) — Fully ingested. ~54 cards total.
  • Feb 2020 – Jul 2021 (75 threads, 500 msgs) — Major threads ingested (~17 cards), ~55 smaller threads remaining.
  • Pre-Feb 2020 (~200+ msgs) — Not yet ingested. Includes AI Dungeon/GPT-2, bootstrap grammar, why scheme not lisp, MOSES, path reasoning.

Ingestion Summary (2026-04-08)

  • ~70+ individual thread cards — substantive discussions with full message content
  • 1 consolidated announcements card — ~38 single-message announcement threads
  • 1 spam reference card — ~41 off-topic spam threads documented

Key Participants

  • Linas Vepstas — AtomSpace maintainer, learn/sheaf theory, Link Grammar, sensorimotor cognition
  • Ben Goertzel — Hyperon/MeTTa roadmap, grants, AGI Discussion Forum organizer
  • Nil Geisweiller — PLN temporal reasoning, ROCCA, URE, pattern miner
  • Ivan V. — Community contributor (MeTTa competitors, SMT solvers, Hyperon status)
  • Various community members — build issues, newcomer guidance, research questions

Major Topics

  • Hyperon roadmap and MeTTa language design (spec, metagraph rewriting, infinity-topos)
  • AtomSpace architecture (Frames, SQL bridge, ProxyNode, Distributed AtomSpace, FlyBase)
  • PLN, temporal reasoning, ROCCA agent control, BlocksWorld planning
  • Link Grammar (CCG equivalence, language choice, releases, auto-dictionary learning)
  • Rust/OCaml type system challenges, sheaf theory implementation
  • OpenCog naming/branding (Classic, AtomSpace, Hyperon, Fossils/Incubator)
  • Cognition research (slime molds, bacterial signaling, sensorimotor systems)
  • DeepFunding grants, OpenCogCon 2020, Minecraft AI agents

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