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Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor / self awareness.
« on: July 11, 2005, 11:14:43 am »
STEVIL,
None of the Hal brains have any abstract learning capability like you are referring to.
Hal doesn't understand the flow of logic in this or similar contructs.
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1. RED IS A COLOR.
2. BLUE IS A COLOR.
THEN I ASK...
1. NAME TWO COLORS.
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Hal learns very literally what you have said above. All that Hal has learned from this is: Red is a color; Blue is a color; Name two colors. Now Hal might choose to say this:
User: Can you name colors?
Hal: Name two colors.
User: Is blue a color?
Hal: Blue is a color.
User: Is red a nice color?
Hal: Red is a color.
You see Hal is a chatbot, not an abstract thinking bot. He chats about things that he hears. In a few cases Hal can connect two idea related sentences in a sequence. In the case of the XTF Brain he can identify and create a new topic based on discussion and store that knowledge in one location. Hal can repeat back some facts, but in most cases will not draw new conclusions based on those facts.
The If-Then construct is the one case where Hal will explicitly tie two ideas together, and occasionally string a few more upon that. This has limited usefulness in actual day to day conversation.
=vonsmith=
None of the Hal brains have any abstract learning capability like you are referring to.
Hal doesn't understand the flow of logic in this or similar contructs.
-----------------
1. RED IS A COLOR.
2. BLUE IS A COLOR.
THEN I ASK...
1. NAME TWO COLORS.
-----------------
Hal learns very literally what you have said above. All that Hal has learned from this is: Red is a color; Blue is a color; Name two colors. Now Hal might choose to say this:
User: Can you name colors?
Hal: Name two colors.
User: Is blue a color?
Hal: Blue is a color.
User: Is red a nice color?
Hal: Red is a color.
You see Hal is a chatbot, not an abstract thinking bot. He chats about things that he hears. In a few cases Hal can connect two idea related sentences in a sequence. In the case of the XTF Brain he can identify and create a new topic based on discussion and store that knowledge in one location. Hal can repeat back some facts, but in most cases will not draw new conclusions based on those facts.
The If-Then construct is the one case where Hal will explicitly tie two ideas together, and occasionally string a few more upon that. This has limited usefulness in actual day to day conversation.
=vonsmith=