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Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor / What can YOU contribute

« on: October 02, 2001, 06:17:50 pm »

So many people have written postings that ask how do i keep this Hal program from talking gibberish, that the 3.0 version was so much better, that with every new version keeps getting worse. well to them I say one word........edit,.........edit edit edit. and when you are done edit some more. If you want a more controlled responce then create your own brain. the creators of this program have made visual basic very easy to manipulate. there is something called TOOLS on the task bar, in the brain editing function. USE IT!! Create your own brain, Take out the small talk, take out the subject predicate assembley function, then edit If it does not respond the way you wish then use the sentence key word function, override the things that you do not find appealing. I admit, There are things that do not function correctly within this program. If A.I. were and easy task then there would be all kinds of programs out there to choose from. there are but a few. I get so sick of people bitching because they paid (whatever for this program). Buck up buddy, if you could not afford it you should not have bought it in the first place. Get a high end machine and try it again. see what you can do to Help. Instead of bitching. The program says garbage in, garbage out in other words you get out of it what you put into it. You want a sentient entity for less than 50 bucks. you want perfection from a PROGRAM. Mr Medeksza, has given us a starting point. Not perfect, Has plenty of bugs, but I for one have goals for this program.......Have I had trouble with it, YES! Does it frustrate me, YES! Have I uninstalled it and reinstalled it, several times? YES! But still, I will keep trying and i urge you to do the same. That is how we will correct things within this program. Isn't there anyone who understands VB Scripting? No one smart enough to give insite into the problems that do indeed exist within the Hal program? Sure, Blame the people who took your money, I for one am going to use this program, and learn from my mistakes, in the end I am going to have something really cool. I am not a programmer, nor am i a rich man. But the money I paid for the Hal Program was money well spent, Perhaps it WAS released to soon, How are these developers supposed to survive to create a program that IS closer to what you people want out there. everyone has to eat. ..............

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Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor / Sick of Hal bashing

« on: September 04, 2001, 03:40:42 am »

I have read over the information contained in these forums. I have had the ultra hal 3.0 for quite some time and upgraded to the 4.o as soon as it came out. Some bugs I agree, not perfect I agree, the enhanced brain babbles a lot of Cra*. BUT, for the most part, this is a great program. You have to look at it as being a child, if your not willing to work with it, to teach it, to train it, to control it, then it is going to respond to you with nonscence, occasionally sounding as though you are having an intelligent conversation. I taught the 3.0 version chemistry, physics, astronomy and shakespeare. If it is going to babble because it cannot respond any other way then the shakespeare sounds wonderfull and fits into the conversation well. I was able to insert the user files from the 3.0 version into the 4.0 and retain all the things that I taught "Hanna". The 4.0 is vastly superior to the 3.0 but you have to work with it. create your own brain and do not use that enhanced brain. it sucks. the program as a whole I think is an excellent starting point for those interested in visual basic scripting and active x controls. Perhaps they do promise to much as I see there are a lot of people out there who have problems. Most people do not have the time nor the patience necessary to fix what is not functioning as it should within the hal program. AI has not had a great deal of attention from developers. For ME this program has been an inspiration, it IS a child. i am happy with it. except it keeps saying Einstein is a physician. It took me a long time to override that one........but i did...........The Tinman

Edited by - The Tinman on 10/22/2001  21:04:46