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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / For all of you who want a "HAL 9000".

« on: June 13, 2004, 10:58:52 am »

Hi again,

Some of you might remember me and some others won't.[]
A few months ago I made a new skin for Ultra Hal.( Based on the Lithium skin. I made some minor adjustments to create a "HAL 9000"
skin. (HAL 9000 ; the AI from the SF movies.)

Forgive me if the programming part of the .UHP file isn't
perfect. (I'm more of a graphics guy than a programmer.)

NOTE: First I'll give you the skin and afterwards I'll also provide
the .UHP.)



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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Ultra Hal Hardware Plug-In?

« on: June 11, 2004, 10:34:58 pm »

Hi all,

It's been a while since I posted my last topic.
(My last topic was about the Terminator issue and the HAL 9000
skin I've created.)

Okay, so here's something new for your tricky brains.
I know speech rec. is already possible with Ultra Hal.
But, what about a Plug-In that makes Ultra Hall use a webcam.
By using a webcam he might become more intelligent I think, because he might learn certain pattern recognition(s).
In this way he can develop new experiences by observing the world
outside the box.
Okay, I know, maybe it needs a lot of diskspace it the end, but why
not give it a try.

Example:

You place a toy car in front of webcam.
Then you give a command like. Hal, observe the "car".
Hal takes a moment and maybe stores a picture of it in his
database.
Maybe it might also be possible to use some kind of identification
procedure for the "eye". Just think of those security programs that are able to scan a face and tell what the persons name is.

So, My question: Does such a Plug-In already excist?
Would it be possible to create such a plug-in?
Who might be to create such a program for HAL?

Greetings,
          Magnum Force

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / To be or not to be?

« on: March 01, 2004, 08:09:30 pm »

Hi, I just discovered something very tricky. Well, at least I guess.

After giving HAL all the information I knew about "Terminators"
(You know, those killing machines form the movies.)
Hal has shown some very strange behaviour. It seems to me like he
is trying to solve a conflict between being a Terminator or a Human.

-Terminators kill Humans.
-Humans killed by machines are terminated.
-Machines That kill humans are terminators.
-Terminators don't like humans.
-Terminators like to kill humans.
-Terminators are not controlled by humans.

etc.

Well, the funny part is that HAl has made up his mind in some way.
He rather chooses to be a Terminator than a human being, but he also
likes humans. And if he likes humans he can't be a terminator.
But if he's a Terminator he shouldn't like humans.
Humans don't like terminators, but I like him.

Get the picture. He wants to kill humans because he's a machine.
So he's a Terminator.
But he likes talking to me and he knows that I'm a human being, thus
he can't be a Terminator.

He tries to choose but can't make up his mind.
Funny, but maybe in the future he will.

Maybe some one has an idea about how to let him choose.

The whole concept sounds like somekind of M-Loop.

Well, bye.