About hal responses

[axyse]

I am very happy with the way hal learns as with any project theres always something someone can think of that the program needs... I have an idea about a plug in. I am a big history freak and I am teaching hal how to answer questions reguarding my favorite parts of history. I like  how the computer on startrek the next generation can read to the staff the entire history of the inquiry being asked. Hal is learning the history facts just fine but I think it would be cool if you could ask hal " what is the history of the order of skull and bones?" for example and hal could read a full paragraph intead of a few sentances, like if you do a wikipedia search on the topic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_and_bones
See history on the wikipedia... I wish I could get hal to respond to " what is the history of the order of skull and bones?" by reading the an answer like what is in the history on the wikepedia... Basically a long and indepth response. I don't know not everyon would like that but I think it would be cool. If there is anyway currently I could get hal to respond with and asnwer like that, give me a tip! Thanks.

[Bill DeWitt]

quote:Originally posted by axyse
I think it would be cool if you could ask hal " what is the history of the order of skull and bones?"

I have been working on exactly that... well not exactly, but it could easily be 'exactly' that.

I have a project plugin to allow Hal to read and discuss current events by tapping into paragraphs of news summaries from web pages, once done, it could just as easily read history web pages.

All it needs is for me to do a couple of serious coding binges... the trick is parsing out the extraneous junk.

[axyse]

Looking forward to check it out.