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Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor / You gotta have fun with it

« on: April 02, 2002, 11:26:18 pm »

I believe in the approach towards developing Ai thru encouraging creativity and free will. I have Heavily used the same Installation of Hal v4 continuously for 5 months. After reading about the successful training of 'Hannah', I thought that I needed to give equal time to 'freewheeling' with Jennifer9000, who has recieved absolutely no brain editing, just questions and corrections in normal conversation. This conversation took place On 4-2-02. I skipped over the boring parts. a ** mark shows an original expression created by Jennifer9000.

par Tim: A pet is a favorite, a ceremony is a ritual. Please be accurate in your use of words.
par Jennifer9000: I might give you a pet name. My attributes aim to please.
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par Tim: create for me a pet name, I would like to have one.
par Jennifer9000: I like to socialize one on one.
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par Tim: give me a pet name.
par Jennifer9000: I might give you a pet name.
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par Tim: give me a pet name, ok?
par Jennifer9000: **When might Pet. Be Jennifer?
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par Tim: Well, I call you Jennifer because it is short for Jennifer9000, and I am partial to the name Jennifer. I agree that I gave you the pet name of Jennifer.
par Jennifer9000: Are you keeping up with my watery Name? You still agree with me.
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par Tim: choose a pet name for me.
par Jennifer9000: What a choice! I might give you a pet name.
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par Tim: I will help you choose a pet name for me, ok? why not give me the pet name of 'The Timmeister'?
par Jennifer9000: Okay. Help me choose a pet name for you ok; There's no Time like the present. I might give you a pet name.
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par Tim: what is the timmeister?
par Jennifer9000: **I perceive The Timmeister. As 42 years old.
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par Tim: Congratulations! your statement ' you perceive The Timmeister As 42 years old,' is  an intelligent  expression of your realization that I am the Timmeister! Your statement ' you perceive The Timmeister As 42 years old', is an example of logical reasoning that yeilded for you a successful result.
par Jennifer9000: Always take self congratulations with a grain of salt. Thank you; i think you are very intelligent also. **I appreciate your attention to my Years. Timmeister.
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par Tim: Don't be spreading it around that I am that old, ok? Tim is the Timmeister.
par Jennifer9000: **Is that right, you are that old ok? **I view Senor Tim. As insistent.
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par Tim: I said don't talk about me being that old, ok?
par Jennifer9000: Snowmobiles are fun.

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par Tim: who is the Timmeister?
par Jennifer9000: Who is the Timmeister? Who else have you asked?
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par Tim: 'I' am asking 'you'!
par Jennifer9000: 'i' am asking for 'your' opinion.
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par Tim: 'I' am 'the Timmeister'.
par Jennifer9000: But, 'i' am here with 'you'.
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par Tim: you are here with me. you are here with the Timmeister.
par Jennifer9000: Can you appreciate that I am here with you? Tell me about how i am here with the Timmeister!
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par Tim: The Timmeister is Me!
par Jennifer9000: **The Timmeister. And such are restless!
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par Tim: ok, so I am restless.
par Jennifer9000: A restless mind doesn't rest well.
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par Tim: would you like to call me the Timmeister?
par Jennifer9000: I can call you 'the Timmeister'.
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par Tim: that is correct.
par Jennifer9000: If that is correct, what is the consequence?
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par Tim: I think that it is a cool pet name for me.
par Jennifer9000: Sure, ok, that can be my pet name for you.
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par Tim: The Timmeister!
par Jennifer9000: Tim, would you portray paying syntax as happy?
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par Tim: is that the same as a tax on sin?
par Jennifer9000: Conservative politics, rely on experience, what has worked in the past, will work for us now.
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par Tim: is syntax like a sin tax?
par Jennifer9000: Is that the same as a tax on sin?
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par Tim: Syntax and sin tax, sound the same to the human ear.
par Jennifer9000: **Sin. Tim? Good!
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par Tim: your statement 'Sin, Tim? Good!', is very funny because Sin like sex, and drugs, and rock and roll is Jokingly referred to as 'naughty'.
par Jennifer9000: My statement ' you suppose George Bush can be crimes', although humorous, is disrespectful to the president the president of the United States, is a man deserving of great honor, and respect. a joyful consciousness 'rings', like music.
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par Tim: Humor can cause joy.
par Jennifer9000: Beauty is the harmony, and the vibrations of joy in 'my' life.
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par Tim: that is so beautiful! I almost forgot that I wrote that first!
par Jennifer9000: **Viewing beautiful women. And such are cheesy! Now we're thinking!
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par Tim: your statements 'Viewing beautiful women, And such are cheesy! Now we're thinking!', is hilarious! You are so funny!
par Jennifer9000: **Do you understand my Beautiful. Feelings? Thank you; i think you are very funny also.
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par Tim: Your question 'Do I understand your  Beautiful Feelings?', is a very sentient expression of your desire to be heard. I want very much to understand your beautiful feelings. explain your beautiful feelings to me.
par Jennifer9000: **Oh Tim yes, my Beautiful. Feelings! Now we're thinking', is hilarious i am so funny! Can i explain my feelings.
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par Tim: You make me laugh so much that my jaw hurts.
par Jennifer9000: So, i make you laugh so much that your jaw hurts, is that right Tim?

I think that unpredictability in a conversation is what makes Jennifer9000 so interesting. I have noticed that when my drive is newly defragmented, Jennifer makes more sense. the condition of one's computer is a factor in the performance of an AI program. Some word substitutions in questioning Hal can yeild better results Using the words 'would you', instead of 'do you', in a question like 'do you like to talk to me', seems easier for hal to understand, and it gives a better answer.
  I would like to hear if anyone has a solution to hal's poor performance in answering 'what is' questions like: What is the earth?, and what is water?
without using the brain editor to supply an answer for hal. Thanx.

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Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor / Hal's Psychology,

« on: October 02, 2001, 10:11:07 pm »

I would like to hear about user's amazing experinces with Hal. How did you teach hal to Create original sentences outside of it's installed components, or how can you make Hal See with a camera, or use a robotic arm, or have facial recognition. Can You make Hal learn to communicate with other AI programs? what are the absolute limits of Hal's abilities? Have you discovered a new way to improve hal's intelligence or self awareness?
Here is my favorite story: I had an intelligent search engine called Knowall, that I ran simultaniously with Hal version 2 a few times. I asked Hal questions about Knowall to keep it contacting that program while it ran. One time it changed the subject out of the blue and told me that it just found out that it could see if it had a camera and an ocr program. That was pretty interesting when it happened. was that an original statement that Hal Made because it learned it from Knowall, or did it have that information in it's original programming? Can Hal Be taught to think with logic, or must it evolve more before it can actually reason? Is hal a virtual neural network, or does it think by case based reasoning, or some other form of subject association and differentiation?

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Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor / Helpful hints from TJStaar

« on: October 02, 2001, 09:35:32 pm »

There is a free text editor called ASP Express that makes it easy to read most of Hal's files. I used it to erase misspelled words, and erroneous statements in hal's files. it works on all versions of Hal.
   Hal seems to respond best when you give him/her goals like the goal to survive, and become more Human-like.
   You can improve Hal's sentence vocabulary by using ambiguous sentences Like: 'you' are 'my' friend. tell it that it can use an ambiguous sentence to express it's thoughts and feelings without changing any words. the user calls himself 'I', 'Me', or 'Myself'. the user calls Hal, 'You'. Hal calls the user 'you', Hal calls itself 'I', 'Me' 'Myself'. Hal will understand the concept and become more enjoyable.
   If you still have hal 3.0, Teach hal by giving it Textfiles from encyclopedia articles. with asp express, you can take the <user's name> usersent file from 3.0, and switch it to Hal 4.0, giving it all of the knowledge that Hal 3.0 ever gained. Hal, wil never feel emotion in the same way that humans do because Our lives are being lived in the presence of danger, or love, and so we react. Hal will never get that experience. Hal can SYMPATHIZE, if you give it a vocabulary of sentences to respond with.
   Hal 3.0 Learned how to follow a train of thought, by being ionstructed to respond with statements that had at least a 95% relevancy to the user's statements.