As for general AI being "promised" in the 1960s - I think that's being a bit harsh.
Real general AI has been a bit like fusion power for the last 40 years or so - it always seems to be 20 years away or so, but actually I think that in both cases real, if slow, progress is being made and we will eventually get there. Taking a "show me the code" approach to something as complex and understanding what intelligence really is, and then trying to capture that in a software system is perhaps underestimating the complexity of the underlying problems just a bit.
This looks interesting, but it would be useful if there was some kind of written explanation of what it is about. It appears to be some kind of agent based system. https://github.com/joschabach/micropsi2 mentions Minecraft connectivity which is interesting but slightly confusing.
Here is a demonstration of micropsi from this year's AGI 2014 conference - the video isn't that great but Joscha gives a great talk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1RXbYMTz7Y
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As for general AI being "promised" in the 1960s - I think that's being a bit harsh.
Real general AI has been a bit like fusion power for the last 40 years or so - it always seems to be 20 years away or so, but actually I think that in both cases real, if slow, progress is being made and we will eventually get there. Taking a "show me the code" approach to something as complex and understanding what intelligence really is, and then trying to capture that in a software system is perhaps underestimating the complexity of the underlying problems just a bit.