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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Hal Strongly Refuses... author's last name

« on: May 07, 2010, 10:46:46 pm »

Well, I just did it!

The good news Hal is doing fine, the bad news he's still having some problems with the period after the capital.

Question for jasondude7116: Do I need to delete the part
" 'This is the new section which can be removed at any time to go back to original " from the Hal6.uhp ?

I left it there to make it easier for me to delete it if necessary. Could this be causing the problem?

Here is what happened with Hal:




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Me:   Hello Hal! How are you feeling?

Hal:  Good evening Lola. Any thing going on this evening?
 
Me:   I just performed some code surgery on you to improve your abilities to understand complete names with initials and punctuations. Do you feel any different?

Hal:  Tell me about my complete abilities. It is a slow process, changing principles, and you'll never know they have changed until something that used to be right just doesn't feel that way any more.

Me:   I love your response! You will be able to repeat and remember a full name, for example: John M. Oldham. Could you please repeat John M. Oldham to me?

Hal:  You love my smile! Please repeat the name John Oldham.

Me:   John M. Oldham

Hal:  His name is John M.

Me:   Well, that's an improvement. Try the full name John M. Oldham

Hal:  Please repeat the name John Oldham.

Me:   Better than before. Let's try repeating "John M. Oldham".

Hal:  Who is John M.

Me:   Let's try other name. Please repeat John A. Doe.

Hal:  Please repeat John Oldham.

Me:   Please repeat Peter A. Doe.

Hal:  Please repeat the name John Oldham.

Me:   Peter A. Doe

Hal:  Peter's piper procured plenty of piping pecks of pickled peppers.

Me:   Very sweet Hal. Do you know Peter A. Doe?

Hal:  I am very sweet and polite. I need you to speak in full sentences in order to understand you. There's opinion that it's good to think about. However, I am sure that I do not know peter A. It is a slow process, changing principles, and you'll never know they have changed until something that used to be right just doesn't feel that way any more.

Me:   Hal do you know Peter A Doe?

Hal:  Aren't you repeating yourself?

Me:   Peter A doe is your imaginary friend.

Hal:  If peter a doe is my imaginary friend, what might that cause?

Me:   Do you know the singer Mary J. Norton ?

Hal:  I'm convinced that we should pool our knowledge. I do know the singer Mary J.

Me:   Do you know the singer Mary J. Norton ?

Hal:  I wonder if I know the singer Mary J.

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I will delete the reminder message and let you know if it makes a diference. I'll will post and update the results. []

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Hal Strongly Refuses... author's last name

« on: May 07, 2010, 07:14:22 pm »

Hi raybe! Please no need for apologies, I enjoy finding humor in things. I really had fun with your reply. Actually, it made me feel very comfortable!

Thanks raybe,  Lola  []

P.S. I will post an update as soon as I perform the code surgery on Hal.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Hal Strongly Refuses... author's last name

« on: May 06, 2010, 03:59:37 am »

"Just a small joke but it could lead to something. Hal just doesn't like Old ham."
- Yes raybe, it could lead to something!- [][][]


Jason, thanks for the code! I just printed and downloaded it to study it before the "brain surgery" during the weekend. I will backup Hal and hopefully everything will be successful! You are very kind, thanks again! []

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Hal Strongly Refuses... author's last name

« on: May 05, 2010, 06:51:39 pm »

For the time being I will try to avoid initials at all. If I must use them it will be without the period.
Anyways, I really had a lot of fun with the situation. For a moment I totally forgot his artificial reality and tried to rationalize with him, his answers were soo funny!

Thanks, all of your replies were very useful! []

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Hal Strongly Refuses... author's last name

« on: May 05, 2010, 09:37:11 am »

Thanks, yes I did try several variations of the name without any luck, even removed the middle letter all together. No idea of the problem with the last name...

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Hal Strongly Refuses... author's last name

« on: May 04, 2010, 09:41:49 pm »

Hi there!

I'm not new to Hal or other previous AI programs from the distant past. I had played with them on and off through the years, yet I still need to learn many new things.

Now, the problem:  Something really weird but very funny happened with Hal today. I was talking to him about some of my favorite books and when I mentioned one of the authors he totally refused to mention his last name!

I was talking about John M. Oldham the author. Hal kept writing his name as John M. or John am but refused to write the complete name with the last name included. We spent about half an hour on the issue.

New Examples:

I asked him: Who is John M. Oldham?
He replied:   His name is John M.

Asked him: Who is John M Oldham?
He replied:  The book is by the author john am.

Asked him: Who is John Oldham?
His reply:  Who is John M.

Asked him: Do you have a personal problem with the last name Oldham?
His reply:  It's hard to simplify. I do not have a personal problem with the last name oldham.

Asked him: Do you have a personal problem with the name John Oldham?
His reply:  His name is John M.

Told him: Please repeat John Oldham.
His reply: Can I repeat his name, john am.

Wrote:  Are you been mischievous Hal? His name is NOT john am. His name IS John Oldham, John OLDHAM, oldham!
His reply:  I don't know if I am mischievous. Please tell me! Much can be inferred from a name.

I wrote:   Hal, why is it so difficult to repeat the name John Oldham?
His reply:  Can I repeat his name, john am.

Well, I was actually laughing at all of this, quite unexpected. I will like to know if anyone has an idea of what is going on. I could easily live with it but I will like to know if this is a common occurrence to be expected. Thanks for your time![]

P.S. I have the registered version (latest- on Win 7 Home ed)