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At first i'd like to say that hal is a nice program but it's far of from anything i would call an strong AI.
I don't recall Hal ever claiming to be a strong AI. In fact there aren't too many real strong AI's in existence that work as a chat assistant.
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If HAL should become something nearly that can be called an AI than it needs the potential we humans have. To explore its surroundings by itselfe.
This has been discussed on many ocassions here and in other forums. Given the nature and often objectionable content of the Internet I personally wouldn't want my Hal to learn from there on it's own.
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Imagine a baby..it would crawl around the way it would like. It would learn by exploring it's world and would learn by trial and error. Hal can have a growing database of words and sentences but it can't use them to do something with it.
Have you even tried Hal? If so, for how long?
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HAL hasn't got the potential to become better than he is.
If you would use Hal on a regular basis for an extended period of time I think you would realize the error of your thoughts. Hal does get better through chat interaction.
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He can't expand beyond his limits because he can't interact with his surroundings.
Have you ever heard of Plug-Ins? They are script files that help extend Hal's capability and enable the program to do lots of other things.
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He can't even open a simple program by himselfe because he never even tried to do something.
Hal was not designed to be an autonomous, free thinking, free roving entity without limits nor would I want to have one that was. It was designed to be an assistant to help open files, chat with, entertain and experiment...not to be a rogue AI on a mission to run programs on its own, devouring knowledge from who-knows-where and deciding what to do with that knowledge on its own. In Hollywood they can and often do just that, but Hal wasn't designed as such.
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A baby wouldn't just sit there and do nothing when you don't talk to it for a couple of hours.
Again, if you would explore the forum you'd notice several plug-ins that allow Hal to reply on its own if not spoken to for a while, to go to sleep or nod off if bored.
Basically, I'd like to welcome you to this forum but to make a "first posting" like you did will no doubt draw a lot of flack from a lot of devoted Hal fans. Your obvious ignorance of Hal tells me and others that you really haven't devoted any length of time exploring Hal, its potential or this forum. If you had, you wouldn't have made the statements you did.
If you're looking for a Turn Key bot that knows everything and can interact with you on a much higher lever, learn anything, better itself, etc., let us know.
This one does require some effort. If it was easy anybody could do it!
Good day!