Greetings to all,
I've been off coding new script for Hal and haven't posted for a while.
It's been mentioned before, but bears mentioning again. The text learning capabilities of Hal are still very primitive and not very effective. There are some file size limits set in Hal's GetResponse script for 8 different files; <username>shared_usersent.brn, <username>convresp.brn, <username>user0.brn, <username>user1.brn, <username>user2.brn, <username>usersent.brn, <username>user_question.brn, and user_strings.brn. The script is very easy to edit to increase the maximum file size if so desired. These files are specific to each user that uses Hal. I increased my allowable file size to 4MB, but I don't expect any real performance improvement.
As for my new brain project: I've been working diligently on a new eXtended Topic Focus (XTF) brain for the last 2 months. I'm up to 220 new lines of script. However, I am only about 90% done. Whew! This is ending up being harder than I thought. The new brain will allow Hal to learn new high quality topic subjects on his own. Hal will be able to select and focus on topics better too. This brain also has numerous other small, but useful enhancements. The only catch is that the new brain is English only.
I'm not sure when I will release the new brain on this forum. I thought I would have done before Xmas, but work got in the way.
= vonsmith =