# OpenCog Hyperon: A Framework for AGI at the Human Level and Beyond

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.18318 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2310.18318/

## Key facts

- Cited by 9 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 6 of its 52 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 19 Sep 2023.

## Builds on (most cited first, 6 of 6)

- [BrainCog: A Spiking Neural Network based Brain-inspired Cognitive Intelligence Engine for Brain-inspired AI and Brain Simulation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2207.08533/) (2022)
- [The General Theory of General Intelligence: A Pragmatic Patternist Perspective](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2103.15100/) (2021)
- [Toward a Formal Model of Cognitive Synergy](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1703.04361/) (2017)
- [Folding and Unfolding on Metagraphs](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2012.01759/) (2020)
- [Grounding Occam's Razor in a Formal Theory of Simplicity](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2004.05269/) (2020)
- [Patterns of Cognition: Cognitive Algorithms as Galois Connections Fulfilled by Chronomorphisms On Probabilistically Typed Metagraphs](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2102.10581/) (2021)

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## Abstract (arXiv)

An introduction to the OpenCog Hyperon framework for Artificiai General Intelligence is presented. Hyperon is a new, mostly from-the-ground-up rewrite/redesign of the OpenCog AGI framework, based on similar conceptual and cognitive principles to the previous OpenCog version, but incorporating a variety of new ideas at the mathematical, software architecture and AI-algorithm level. This review lightly summarizes: 1) some of the history behind OpenCog and Hyperon, 2) the core structures and processes underlying Hyperon as a software system, 3) the integration of this software system with the SingularityNET ecosystem's decentralized infrastructure, 4) the cognitive model(s) being experimentally pursued within Hyperon on the hopeful path to advanced AGI, 5) the prospects seen for advanced aspects like reflective self-modification and self-improvement of the codebase, 6) the tentative development roadmap and various challenges expected to be faced, 7) the thinking of the Hyperon team regarding how to guide this sort of work in a beneficial direction ... and gives links and references for readers who wish to delve further into any of these aspects.