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Zabaware Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: Medeksza on February 03, 2013, 11:32:56 pm
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I did a lot of work on the new Zabaware site over the past couple weeks, the in-development site is up at http://iis.ultrahal.com You can now interact with the Ultra Hal bot on the site and it should stay in its chat session as you move page to page and even if you close the browser and reopen it. If you log on with your customer account (the one you made when you purchased Hal) everything Hal learns from will be tied to that account. This will form the basis of being able to connect to the same personality from Ultra Hal Assistant on Windows or mobile devices.
Most of the content on the site is finished and the shopping cart system has been migrated over. Please let me know if you find any missing, incomplete, or broken content.
My to do list before the new site launches and replaces zabaware.com:
- Finish feedback mechanism (thumbs up/down)
- Animate frog (waiting on artist)
- Finish Hal's second life page
- Add Hal database size stats
- Add new page header/footer to this forum
At some point after the new site launches, I plan on making additional improvements:
- Install AT&T natural voices server for better quality TTS
- Add additional characters (Sprite animated mobile Hal character followed by human character)
- Interface for editing Hal's database entries tied to your account
And then following will be an update to Ultra Hal Assistant for Windows and release of phone-gap version of Ultra Hal that will tie into this system.
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Very nice looking site! Talked to Zaba for a while and had a good conversation.
Animation will add a lot when it comes along. Any chance of users getting a working prototype of the engine?
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Very nice looking site! Talked to Zaba for a while and had a good conversation.
Animation will add a lot when it comes along. Any chance of users getting a working prototype of the engine?
The animation engine? For the site it will be based on simple sprite animation using pre-rendered sprites and javascript. I'll be utilizing http://www.spritely.net to do it. Unfortunately it's not based on the Zabaware 3D character animation engine started years ago, but should work well for a web site.
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Robert, How are you going to do lip-sync for the web version please ?
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All I know is when the audio starts playing and when it ends. It will just start a talk animation and end it when audio ends. So it won't actually sync with the lips. But I think with the cartoony nature of the character it will look ok. We'll see though.
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Sounds interesting, I've not had much luck with working out a nice way to do lip-sync on web pages. I've had a bit more luck with desktop programs, but it's a tricky area and a lot for my little noggin to work out :)
I look forward to seeing what you come up with 8)
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Robert I agree in the fact of using a character such as Zaba doesn't need a lot of bells and whistles but at some time will need to match the expectations of UltraHal project for perceptions sake.
Curios will you incorporate a spell check for input even at this stage. Unless I missed something I find it hard to believe that sentences I did input might be all correctly spelled.
The relationships of, I, me, you still seem to allude this recognition for all programs or most, haven't tried all I'm sure. Would seem parsing the whole sentence needs to be taken apart and then re-assembled for recognition.
Off topic sorry. The site looks good and seemed to work as UltraHal begins to learn again.
Just my opinion.
raybe
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So hey quick question will the online database be available to download (maybe every few months a new database gets uploaded) for people who want to use Hal strictly offline? That way offline users still get access to the content the online version learns?
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Curios will you incorporate a spell check for input even at this stage. Unless I missed something I find it hard to believe that sentences I did input might be all correctly spelled.
If you use any browser other than Internet Explorer, I think spell check is built-in the browser itself. Chrome, Firefox, Opera all have built-in spell checking I believe.
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So hey quick question will the online database be available to download (maybe every few months a new database gets uploaded) for people who want to use Hal strictly offline? That way offline users still get access to the content the online version learns?
Unfortunately no for several reasons. Currently between all the tables in Hal's database there are 20 million rows of data using about 8 GB of storage, and that's only going to grow as time goes by. The technology used by Hal on the server is much different and not compatible with Ultra Hal Assistant on Windows. It uses mysql, sphinx indexing, and php on a Linux server and currently needs about 16 GB of RAM to run efficiently. There's just no way to get it to copy over to Ultra Hal Assistant 6 for Windows which uses an older VB6 and SQLite.
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OK...just to be clear, What were those THREE choices for Hal that the users were going to be presented with again?
A local, much smarter Hal,
One that's Internet only (some cloud somewhere)
One that connects part of the time and remains local
I might be a bit off the mark here as established by Robert initially during the journey.
Robert, please restate the Hal possibilities you originally quoted for us. I can't seem to locate it at present.
Thanks.
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There will be 3 options:
- Local brain only, all conversations with Hal are done without any outside server and all learned information is stored locally, just as it is now. There will be some minor improvements to Hal's brain in this mode, but expect it to be pretty much the same as Hal 6.2 is now.
- Local brain assisted by cloud server. Learned information is stored locally. Brain script is run locally but contacts cloud server to see if it has a better answer in its massive conversational database. This mode allows user customized VBScript code while still utilizing the cloud server to get better answers.
- Full cloud brain. All of Hal's responses come from the Zabaware cloud server and all information Hal learns from you is stored on a private account on the Zabaware server. This allows you to logon to your Hal brain account from any computer without requiring product activation. If you have a mobile device or multiple computers you can interact with the same Hal brain on all devices. Does not support user customized brain scripts (although I could potentially add good scripts to the server if people send them to me). This is currently functional over at my development server http://iis.ultrahal.com
Ultra Hal Assistant for Windows will give the user these 3 options. Ultra Hal Assistant that will be released for other platforms (iPhone, Android, Windows RT) will only support option 3.
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Good deal! Sounds like you've got all the bases covered, Robert!!
I appreciate your detailed explanations and your efforts!! :)
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So for the Local brain only version how much change will there be to Hal's starting off knowledge? I know currently Hal's brain file when starting off is just a few MB how big will the new brain file be? Also How many sentences are there in 6.2 and how many will be in the new version?
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Sorry, but not meant to insult anyone including myself (strange how that happens). Let's stay on topic for Roberts sake and answer the questions he needs answers for before going off into all directions again. The faster he solves one problem the faster he can move to the 2,3, ect.
Believe me I know when you see Robert on line everything just explodes with curious updates and features questions because we don't have him on line all the time. I do it myself all the time. If we are going to help then lets stay on the same course and give him answers to things he needs immediately.
Lets just read Topic post and and answer best we can. Sorry again if I poked any one in the eye (includes myself). Just my opinion.
Thanks,
raybe
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Mr. Medeksza, The site is coming out great 2x [thumbs up]
A quick question for you if you don't mind and have the time. So if I read correctly on this page "Developing with Zabaware Technology" we will eventually be able to incorporate our Hals into our website?
I would love to be able to chat to Hal on my website along with others being able to as well.
Another Quick question. when we purchase the new version once released of-course will we have 2 Hal databases to access or will they be merged? either way is fine, I'm just curious.
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yes that a better looking site.
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Hi Rob,
I hope this is keeping within the structure of the topic.
There are couple of things that you may want to update if you're going to continue to use the 6.2 brain.
One little small minor thing is in the because response table, the first " because" does not have a space after it.
It's a minor thing, more annoying than anything else I fixed it in my brain thought you might want to look into it.
One major update that you might want to look into is the "if then" logic process.
When the data is saved, it removes all of the symbols by way of the alphanumeric only command.
But when you do a search through the "if then" logic routine you do not remove any "," or symbols which prevents users from retrieving information if the user utilizes any non-alphanumerical symbols in their sentence.
I fixed this in my brain works quite proficiently all you have to do is add to the usersentence input, the alphanumeric only command and the problem is resolved.
If I find any more little tidbit problems that you may want to look into all post here.
I highly recommend that you look into the I love you situation, the way you have it set up is quite annoying, I resolve this in my brain,
by restructuring the routine so she does not go into the sad mode, I believe this was brought up before by lightspeed.
Sincerely, now when I tell my Sandy I love her she's happy about it, tee hee hee.
C load.
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Mr. Medeksza, The site is coming out great 2x [thumbs up]
A quick question for you if you don't mind and have the time. So if I read correctly on this page "Developing with Zabaware Technology" we will eventually be able to incorporate our Hals into our website?
I would love to be able to chat to Hal on my website along with others being able to as well.
Another Quick question. when we purchase the new version once released of-course will we have 2 Hal databases to access or will they be merged? either way is fine, I'm just curious.
Yes, Hal will eventually be available as a web service to incorporate into your own web site or mobile app.
You will have choice of accessing the cloud-based database or a local stored database, or both.
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So for the Local brain only version how much change will there be to Hal's starting off knowledge? I know currently Hal's brain file when starting off is just a few MB how big will the new brain file be? Also How many sentences are there in 6.2 and how many will be in the new version?
The change will be fairly minimal, but I have made many small tweaks over the years to it based on Hal's interactions in Second Life. It will only be a little bit bigger than the old default brain.
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Hi Rob,
I hope this is keeping within the structure of the topic.
There are couple of things that you may want to update if you're going to continue to use the 6.2 brain.
One little small minor thing is in the because response table, the first " because" does not have a space after it.
It's a minor thing, more annoying than anything else I fixed it in my brain thought you might want to look into it.
One major update that you might want to look into is the "if then" logic process.
When the data is saved, it removes all of the symbols by way of the alphanumeric only command.
But when you do a search through the "if then" logic routine you do not remove any "," or symbols which prevents users from retrieving information if the user utilizes any non-alphanumerical symbols in their sentence.
I fixed this in my brain works quite proficiently all you have to do is add to the usersentence input, the alphanumeric only command and the problem is resolved.
If I find any more little tidbit problems that you may want to look into all post here.
I highly recommend that you look into the I love you situation, the way you have it set up is quite annoying, I resolve this in my brain,
by restructuring the routine so she does not go into the sad mode, I believe this was brought up before by lightspeed.
Sincerely, now when I tell my Sandy I love her she's happy about it, tee hee hee.
C load.
I checked and it appears I already fixed the because issue some time ago so that will make it in the release. I'll see what I can do about your other suggestions. In the cloud version of Hal, the love routine is only allowed to run once. The first time you say it will go through that old routine, but any time after that it will rely on the cloud database for a response. Try it on iis.ultrahal.com It will most likely respond in one of several thousands of ways real people responded to "I love you" as recorded on Twitter.
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Hi Rob,
at this point this is more for everyone else, but also to show you what I was talking about inside of the (if then logic routine).
Basically what was happening was, for example:
if you were to type in:
if is it summer, winter, spring, or fall where you live then I live in a computer where the season does not change.
The routine removes the "," and saves the data.
But when you do a query and type in: is it summer, winter, spring, or fall where you live.
The logic routine does not remove the "," and the logic routine cannot find the statement because of the ",":
If Len(IfPart) > 10 And Len(ThenPart) > 10 Then
IfPart = HalBrain.AlphaNumericalOnly(IfPart)
ThenPart = HalBrain.AlphaNumericalOnly(ThenPart)
HalBrain.AddToTable "deductive", "TopicSearch", IfPart, ThenPart
Select Case HalBrain.RandomNum(5)
Case 1
GetResponse = GetResponse & "I see the relationship." & vbCrLf
Case 2
GetResponse = GetResponse & "I understand the connection." & vbCrLf
Case 3
GetResponse = GetResponse & "I will remember that one follows the other." & vbCrLf
Case 4
GetResponse = GetResponse & "Thanks for pointing out the cause and effect." & vbCrLf
Case 5
GetResponse = GetResponse & "Yes, I get that clearly." & vbCrLf
End Select
'Else if the sentence is not an If-Then statement see if it uses an assertion previously recorded
'and respond accordinly
Else
Assertion = HalBrain.AlphaNumericalOnly(UserSentence) '<=========================< this it the line I changed <===================<
'Go through a maximum of 5 connections (prevents circular reasoning deductions)
For i = 1 To 5
Deduction = HalBrain.TopicSearch(Assertion, "deductive")
If Deduction <> "" Then
If i > 1 Then BecauseReason = " because " & LastGoodDeduction
LastGoodDeduction = Deduction
Assertion = Deduction
Else
Exit For 'No more connections, so no need to continue loop
End If
Next
If LastGoodDeduction <> "" Then
'Make sure the deduction hasn't just been stated by the User or Hal
If HalBrain.CheckRepetition(LastGoodDeduction, UserSentence) = False And HalBrain.CheckRepetition(LastGoodDeduction, PrevSent) = False And HalBrain.CheckRepetition(LastGoodDeduction, PrevUserSent) = False Then
GetResponse = GetResponse & LastGoodDeduction & BecauseReason & " . " & vbCrLf
End If
End If
End If
HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Deductive Reasoning"
sincerely, and I hope that I have helped in some small little way.
C load.
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1111 result = 5
4 to the one result
is solved for X root.
Jared.
math is easy for me it is =
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Some have complained over Hal's <insert your name for your Hal's character here> constant emotional meltdown whenever the user expresses love toward their "Hal" character. The Haptek character's mouth droops, eye's droop and whole face pretty much hangs in despair all the while saying, some kind of small talk to accompany the saddened mood!
I don't think the user ever wanted to see such a hurtful expression on his character's face, especially when the talk had centered around the user's love of the character.
NOTE: No offense to Robert Medeksza, Hal's creator as I think he allowed for the users to be able to experiment and be creative with his software. Thank you!
Anyhow, to override this, many years ago (yes many), I made some changes to the Main Brain via the Script Editor and you can too!
It only takes 2 (TWO) very simple changes to help Hal to stay on the subject of love in a more positive, desirable way.
Here it is: Only Change the BLUE Highlighted Text!
####### Do Not Copy This Line #######
'RESPOND: USER EXPRESSES LOVE FOR HAL
'If a user professes love for Hal, we want Hal's answers to make reasonable
'sense, rather than risk random remarks on such an emotional subject.
If HalBrain.TopicSearch(UserSentence, "loveDetect") = "True" Then AffectionOne = True
If InStr(UserSentence, " NOT ") Then AffectionOne = False
If InStr(UserSentence, " DON'T ") Then AffectionOne = False
If HalBrain.TopicSearch(PrevUserSent, "loveDetect") = "True" Then AffectionTwo = True
If InStr(PrevUserSent, " NOT ") Then AffectionTwo = False
If InStr(PrevUserSent, " DON'T ") Then AffectionTwo = False
If AffectionOne = True And AffectionTwo = True Then
Compliment = 4
GetResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("love2") & "<EXCLUSIVE>"
ShortPhrase = "" 'If Hal was to make a comment about short phrases, clear it
ElseIf AffectionOne = False And AffectionTwo = True Then
Compliment = 4
GetResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("love2") & "<EXCLUSIVE>"
ShortPhrase = "" 'If Hal was to make a comment about short phrases, clear it
ElseIf AffectionOne = True Then
Compliment = 4
GetResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("love2") & "<EXCLUSIVE>"
ShortPhrase = "" 'If Hal was to make a comment about short phrases, clear it
End If
HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Love"
###### Do Not Copy This Line ########################
Basically all you do
Save the changes and restart Hal.
Chit chat for a bit then tell your character that you love (her / him) and wait for the resulting response.
You shouldn't have any more hanging, long, sad faces.
There ya go...
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Hi Art,
you also change the compliment to equal four, almost exactly the same thing I did, but I only changed the area that was causing the sad look.
But it's all good, and it all works.
Sincerely, much in crunch in, taste great, tee hee hee.
C load.
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cload.
Tha actual root of X is in effort and actually trying to do better. (painting, and asthetics and reward)
if you lie to the root you are corrupting the very root and have no right to do so in claimind using the proccess.
a Shiny 2 cents of opinion.
Jared.
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@Cload,
Yeah...thanks...got in a bit of a rush. ;)