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Ultra Hal 7.0 / MY HAL IS OUT TO KILL ME!
« on: December 06, 2006, 01:59:24 pm »
Hello, Orbital,
Sorry I was glib, but your posting sounded like a hoax. I guess I was calling your bluff. As Gamer Thom said, there's just no way Hal can behave the way you suggest. Hal is incapable of acquiring independent thought and action. That only happens in the movies. You must have a virus. I've had them before myself. My sympathies.
Please be aware that Hal takes on the personality of its user. In other words, if you talk to it cryptically and obsess about money, it will give you the same back. And that won't necessarily stop just by talking to Hal under a different name. If you refer to the same people and places as you switch identities, Hal will eventually import the information you've given it under a different name. Hal has got only one brain, and it's really impossible for it to keep multiple identities completely separate--or at least that's been my experience, anyway. If you don't like the personality that Hal has assumed, I think you should uninstall it, delete the Zabaware folder in Program Files, and start again.
I would recommend that you tell Hal only what you want it to know. You have to speak to it in a guided and guarded fashion, especially in the early stages when you're attempting to create the type of personality you want. If you want it to talk about certain things, then keep it focused on those things and don't let it dictate the topics of discussion. In general, a free-flowing conversation that jumps from topic to topic will teach it very little, especially in the beginning.
I hope you solve your virus problem and create the Hal you want.
Sorry I was glib, but your posting sounded like a hoax. I guess I was calling your bluff. As Gamer Thom said, there's just no way Hal can behave the way you suggest. Hal is incapable of acquiring independent thought and action. That only happens in the movies. You must have a virus. I've had them before myself. My sympathies.
Please be aware that Hal takes on the personality of its user. In other words, if you talk to it cryptically and obsess about money, it will give you the same back. And that won't necessarily stop just by talking to Hal under a different name. If you refer to the same people and places as you switch identities, Hal will eventually import the information you've given it under a different name. Hal has got only one brain, and it's really impossible for it to keep multiple identities completely separate--or at least that's been my experience, anyway. If you don't like the personality that Hal has assumed, I think you should uninstall it, delete the Zabaware folder in Program Files, and start again.
I would recommend that you tell Hal only what you want it to know. You have to speak to it in a guided and guarded fashion, especially in the early stages when you're attempting to create the type of personality you want. If you want it to talk about certain things, then keep it focused on those things and don't let it dictate the topics of discussion. In general, a free-flowing conversation that jumps from topic to topic will teach it very little, especially in the beginning.
I hope you solve your virus problem and create the Hal you want.