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Ultra Hal 7.0 / My newbie observation...

« on: March 14, 2007, 01:30:23 pm »

Thanks Bill!

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / My newbie observation...

« on: March 14, 2007, 11:03:19 am »

Thanks Bill!  I actually was not aware that HAL didn't use AIML.  I just figured he was built on the basic foundation developed by Dr. Richard Wallace.  I am new to all of this, but completely intrigued.  (I chatted with hal for a while last night, although he seems to have a very short attention span so far.[])

Is there a place you could direct me where I could read a description of the logic behind HAL.  I am not a computer programmer, but I have done some physical simulation programming in the past (Matlab and Fortran).  

To introduce myself, I am a mechanical engineer who emphasized in thermal, fluid, and combustion sciences.  However, of late, designing and maintaining 1960's aircraft technology pneumatic and fuel valves has lost its luster a bit.  It seems that I have "missed the boat" on the major strides in aerospace (which in my oppinion occured in the 1960's and 70's).  Now most of the strides are related to more advanced control systems and composite material substitution.  But alas, I am neither a controls engineer nor a materials scientist.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / My newbie observation...

« on: March 14, 2007, 12:35:47 am »

I've played around a bit with Hal and there is something I am wondering about...

It seems to me that ALICE is quite a bit better at conversation than Hal.  I in NO WAY am attempting to insult the developers of this software, and all of the contributers to the forum.  Is my observation off?  I noticed that I can replace the HAL brain with an ALICE brain, but is this a good option?  Maybe I am missing something that is not so obvious.

Thanks in advance..

-Pete

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / HAL lacks a few things

« on: March 14, 2007, 12:29:43 am »

Looks like I successfully hi-jacked this thread! Sorry about that.

-Pete

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / HAL lacks a few things

« on: March 13, 2007, 03:57:49 pm »

Hello All... First Post Here!

You know, EaglePryde has really got me thinking...  We should just cure Cancer!  I mean, it kills a lot of people, and there is all this research done and millions of dollars spent on it...  So why don't we just cure it!  That is the direction I would take current cancer research; the direction of finding the cure.  I mean, I understand cancer... it's the uncontrolled replication of cells.  So, we should simply stop these cells from multiplying and viola! Cured!

Okay everyone... GET ON IT!

-Pete

PS: Is it bad for a first post to be sarcastic?[}:)]