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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Correcting mistakes taught to Hal

« on: June 27, 2005, 10:52:11 am »

If you give Hal some incorrect information what is the best way to correct it. Does Hal remember a conversation flow or is he only responding to each statement individually. For example if I said to Hal "A banana is yellow" and in the next statement said "It is also a fuit". Would Hal know I was still talking about the banana or should I have phrased it "A banana is a yellow fruit". Again I am only using the free version at this point thus only have the default brain to work with.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Birthday errors

« on: June 27, 2005, 10:46:23 am »

As I've said I'm using the free version at this point and the Ultra Hal 5.0 default brain. Are the patches you refer to for this brain or one of the ones available once the product is purchased? I will try the conversational style you mention and see if Hall can get it right. Hal also has issue with other conversation. One example is that I have said to Hal "The names of my children are Susan, Jim, Joe, and Patty" for example. And further said "Joe is my son" or "Susan is my daughter" and many other variants of the same thing for each child. Then I ask hal to name my children and I get only Susan in the response. If I'm more specific and say "name my sons" I'll only get Jim. In Hal's defense though he has out of the blue come up with some accurate response on occasion but not reliably.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Birthday errors

« on: June 24, 2005, 08:35:57 am »

Hal seems to always get birthday entries incorrect. It changes the year portion of the entry to the current year. I've tried to go into the event calender and correct it but it won't accept edits. I am only using the free version at this time. Also about 80% of the time Hal's responses are off subject. I think my Hal has ADD. Is there a way to have Hal stick to the subject of the conversation? Also is there a way to have Hal understand that if I am talking about my wife for example that I am talking another user and recognize her in my conversations and me in hers.