Autonomous AGI Operating System integrating OpenCog, Windows XP NT Kernel, Plan 9, and Inferno-OS
Originally: Windows XP SP1 source code - Now evolved into a cognitive AGI platform
CoGWXP-OS9 is a revolutionary cognitive operating system that unifies multiple computing paradigms into a coherent AGI platform:
- Windows XP SP1 NT Kernel: Provides the foundational microkernel architecture with robust process management, memory management, and hardware abstraction
- OpenCog Framework: Delivers hypergraph-based knowledge representation, probabilistic logic networks (PLN), and cognitive agent orchestration
- Plan 9 from Bell Labs: Contributes the 9P protocol for distributed file systems and unified resource namespace
- Inferno-OS: Provides the Dis virtual machine, Limbo programming language, and Styx protocol for distributed computing
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ CoGWXP-OS9 AGI Platform │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │
│ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Cognitive Services Layer │ │
│ │ ┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ │ │
│ │ │ AtomSpace │ │ PLN │ │ CogServer │ │ │
│ │ │ (Knowledge)│ │ (Reasoning) │ │ (Agents) │ │ │
│ │ └─────────────┘ └─────────────┘ └─────────────┘ │ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
│ │ │
│ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Distributed Computing Layer │ │
│ │ ┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ │ │
│ │ │ 9P/Styx │ │ Dis VM │ │ Limbo │ │ │
│ │ │ Protocol │ │ Runtime │ │ Compiler │ │ │
│ │ └─────────────┘ └─────────────┘ └─────────────┘ │ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
│ │ │
│ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ CogW7OS Kernel Layer │ │
│ │ ┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ │ │
│ │ │ NTOS │ │ HAL │ │ Executive │ │ │
│ │ │ Kernel │ │ Layer │ │ Services │ │ │
│ │ └─────────────┘ └─────────────┘ └─────────────┘ │ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
│ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
CoGWXP-OS9/
├── XPSP1/ # Windows XP SP1 NT Source
│ └── NT/
│ ├── base/ # Core kernel (ntos, ntdll, boot)
│ ├── drivers/ # Device drivers
│ ├── windows/ # Win32 subsystem
│ └── ...
│
├── cogwxp/ # Cognitive Integration Layer
│ ├── opencog/ # OpenCog Framework
│ │ ├── cogutil/ # Common utilities
│ │ ├── atomspace/ # Hypergraph knowledge base
│ │ ├── pln/ # Probabilistic Logic Networks
│ │ └── cogserver/ # Agent server
│ │
│ ├── plan9/ # Plan 9 Components
│ │ ├── 9p/ # 9P protocol implementation
│ │ ├── libdraw/ # Graphics library
│ │ └── libc/ # C library adaptations
│ │
│ ├── inferno/ # Inferno-OS Components
│ │ ├── dis/ # Dis virtual machine
│ │ ├── limbo/ # Limbo compiler
│ │ └── emu/ # Hosted emulator
│ │
│ ├── cogw7os/ # CogW7OS Kernel Extensions
│ │ ├── kernel/ # Cognitive kernel modules
│ │ ├── drivers/ # Cognitive device drivers
│ │ └── services/ # Cognitive system services
│ │
│ └── integration/ # Cross-system Integration
│ ├── bridges/ # Inter-system bridges
│ ├── protocols/ # Protocol adapters
│ └── shared/ # Shared components
│
└── docs/ # Documentation
The OpenCog framework provides the cognitive backbone:
- CogUtil: Common utilities, logging, and configuration
- AtomSpace: Hypergraph-based knowledge representation
- PLN (Probabilistic Logic Networks): Uncertain inference and reasoning
- CogServer: Multi-agent orchestration and task scheduling
Plan 9 concepts enable distributed resource management:
- 9P Protocol: Universal resource access protocol
- Namespace Unification: Everything is a file
- Distributed Computing: Transparent network resource access
Inferno-OS provides portable distributed computing:
- Dis Virtual Machine: Portable bytecode execution
- Limbo Language: Safe concurrent programming
- Styx Protocol: Network-transparent file access
The cognitive kernel layer extends NT with AGI capabilities:
- Cognitive Process Management: Agent-aware scheduling
- Knowledge-Aware Memory: AtomSpace-integrated memory management
- Distributed IPC: 9P/Styx-based inter-process communication
The niche construction engine enables environment-shaping and skill learning:
- Opponent Processing Cycles: Propose → Normalize → Refine → Commit workflow
- Technique Glyphs: Visual/structural encoding of execution sequences
- Skill Library: Learnable library with compositionality support
- Environment Shaping: Create tools, prompts, scaffolds, macros, and cache results
- Active Inference: Minimize expected free energy for action selection
- Diffusion-Based Generation: Generate techniques via conditional diffusion models
High-intensity cognitive processing with multi-modal reasoning:
- Intensity Levels: Normal, Elevated, High, Maximum, Overdrive (with safety limits)
- Fusion Strategies: Parallel, Sequential, Competitive, Collaborative, Ensemble
- Reasoning Modes: Forward, Backward, Abductive, Analogical, Probabilistic, Causal, Temporal, Spatial
- Attention Amplification: Dynamic STI boost and attention allocation
- Parallel Inference: Multiple chains across distributed atomspaces
- Telemetry: Real-time monitoring of inferences, energy consumption, and performance
- Skill Integration: Use learned skills from niche construction in fusion
- Visual Studio Build Tools (for NT components)
- GCC/Clang (for Unix-style components)
- Python 3.8+ (for OpenCog Python bindings)
- CMake 3.16+
- cogutil - Base utilities (no dependencies)
- atomspace - Knowledge representation (depends on cogutil)
- pln - Reasoning engine (depends on atomspace)
- cogserver - Agent server (depends on pln)
- plan9-libs - Plan 9 libraries
- inferno-dis - Dis virtual machine
- cogw7os - Cognitive kernel extensions
- integration - Cross-system bridges
# Build OpenCog components
cd cogwxp/opencog
./build.sh
# Build Plan 9 components
cd ../plan9
make all
# Build Inferno components
cd ../inferno
mk all
# Build CogW7OS extensions
cd ../cogw7os
nmake /f Makefile.nt- Rooted tree connection patterns
- Localhost terminal node bindings
- Binary executable formats
- Nested scope execution contexts
- Globalhost thread pool management
- Module loading and linking
- Elementary differential computation
- Orgalhost topology networking
- Distributed virtual machine files
The system achieves cognitive synergy through:
- Unified Namespace: All resources (files, processes, atoms, agents) accessible through 9P
- Shared Knowledge: AtomSpace serves as the universal knowledge repository
- Distributed Reasoning: PLN inference distributed across Dis VMs
- Agent Coordination: CogServer orchestrates agents across the distributed system
- Adaptive Learning: Niche construction learns and improves techniques over time
- Cognitive Amplification: Beast mode enables high-intensity multi-modal reasoning
#include "cogwxp/integration/niche_construction.h"
// Initialize niche construction engine
niche_config_t config = {
.atomspace = atomspace,
.max_proposal_iterations = 5,
.normalization_threshold = 0.7,
.enable_opponent_processing = true
};
niche_engine_t engine;
niche_engine_init(&config, &engine);
// Learn a skill via opponent processing
atom_handle_t goal = create_goal_atom("optimize_database_query");
niche_skill_t* learned_skill = NULL;
// This runs propose → normalize → refine → commit cycles
niche_opponent_cycle(engine, goal, NULL, 0, &learned_skill);
if (learned_skill) {
printf("Learned skill: %s (success rate: %.2f)\n",
learned_skill->name, learned_skill->avg_success_rate);
}
// Later, query and use learned skills
niche_skill_t* skills = NULL;
size_t skill_count = 0;
niche_query_skills(engine, goal_pattern, &skills, &skill_count);
// Cleanup
niche_engine_shutdown(engine);#include "cogwxp/integration/beast_mode.h"
// Initialize beast reactor
beast_config_t config = {
.atomspace = atomspace,
.pln_engine = pln,
.niche_engine = niche_engine, // Optional: integrate with niche construction
.default_intensity = BEAST_INTENSITY_ELEVATED,
.max_threads = 8
};
beast_reactor_t reactor;
beast_reactor_init(&config, &reactor);
// Set intensity to maximum for critical reasoning
beast_set_intensity(reactor, BEAST_INTENSITY_MAXIMUM);
// Execute multi-modal cognitive fusion
atom_handle_t goal = create_complex_goal();
beast_reason_mode_t modes[] = {
BEAST_REASON_FORWARD,
BEAST_REASON_PROBABILISTIC,
BEAST_REASON_ANALOGICAL,
BEAST_REASON_CAUSAL
};
beast_fusion_result_t* result = NULL;
beast_fuse(reactor, goal, BEAST_FUSION_PARALLEL, modes, 4, &result);
if (result) {
printf("Fusion complete: %zu results, %llu inferences in %.2fms\n",
result->result_count,
result->total_inferences,
result->total_time_ms);
// Process results
for (size_t i = 0; i < result->result_count; i++) {
printf(" Result %zu: confidence=%.3f\n", i, result->confidences[i]);
}
beast_free_result(result);
}
// Get telemetry
char* telemetry = NULL;
size_t telemetry_size = 0;
beast_get_telemetry(reactor, &telemetry, &telemetry_size);
printf("Telemetry: %s\n", telemetry);
free(telemetry);
// Cleanup
beast_reactor_shutdown(reactor);// Initialize both systems
niche_engine_t niche_engine = /* ... */;
beast_reactor_t reactor = /* ... with niche_engine */;
// Beast mode can use learned skills from niche construction
niche_skill_t* skills = NULL;
size_t skill_count = 0;
niche_query_skills(niche_engine, goal_pattern, &skills, &skill_count);
beast_fusion_result_t* result = NULL;
beast_fuse_with_skills(reactor, goal, skills, skill_count, &result);
// Extract new skills from successful fusion results
niche_skill_t* extracted_skills = NULL;
size_t extracted_count = 0;
beast_extract_skills(reactor, result, &extracted_skills, &extracted_count);
// Commit extracted skills to niche library
for (size_t i = 0; i < extracted_count; i++) {
niche_commit_skill(niche_engine, /* glyph */, "extracted_skill", &extracted_skills[i]);
}This project integrates components under various licenses:
- Windows XP SP1 source: Research/Educational use
- OpenCog: AGPL-3.0
- Plan 9: MIT/Lucent Public License
- Inferno-OS: MIT/GPL
Contributions welcome! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.
- OpenCog Foundation
- Bell Labs (Plan 9, Inferno)
- Microsoft Research (NT architecture documentation)
- CogPy Team