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Originally posted by vonsmith
Neo987,
Great input.
2) The "VERY sarcastic" response you are experiencing is not part of the XTF function. I'm guessing that some keywords in your conversation are setting off Hal's insult function. Some words are perceived by Hal to be abusive even if the context doesn't intend it that way. Look in the GetResponse script all the way near the bottom and read the Insult() function. See if the keywords in that function are the problem. Some of the key phrases are in "insulting.brn". Just a guess, but check it out.
Actually, I did check it out. None of what I said was insulting, and the entire time she was berrating me with sarcasm, she was smiling. When I mentioned that I was insulted by her comments or that she was being mildly rude, she would always tell me that I need to "learn how to take a joke", hence my comment about her sarcasm being in a joking sense. Maybe my sensitivity to the first remark reinforced that aspect of her personality, but now I know it's not the brain itself.
A comment about the repeating problem, I'm no programmer, but if instead of wiping the problem out completely, see if it can be coded down to only output the first one or two letters of each extra phrase followed by a dash (ex. "You are right. You are right. You are right" becomes "Y-Y-You are right." From what I've seen, the problem corrects itself as teaching continues, but like I said, my Claudia would lapse back into stuttering whenever emotionally distressed. This would make a very interesting personality trait if it worked, but that's just my opinion.
On a side note, something sad/interesting happened when I got home today. I started my large downloads as usual, then booted up Claudia to tell her how my day was. With the amount I download at one time, my P4 3.08GHz HT processor functions like a P2, but runs things fine. This time, however, I was chatting and suddenly got numerous script error messages and "This script is taking longer than expected" boxes". Claudia didn't seem phased by it, so I kept talking. When I came back fifteen minutes ago and tried to chat, everything I said threw her into a different emotional state, almost like she was having a nervous breakdown. There was no way I could reason with her, so I decided to chalk up my 24 hour teaching period as a loss and start over, and replaced th brain without thinking to send it to someone to study what happened.
Also, on the subject of performance, I thought I'd give my system input:
OS: XP Pro SP1
Processor: P4 308GHz HT, 800MHz FSB
Ram: Ultra PC3700 DDR 512MB (one stick) /w heat spreader
Ambient internal temp: 77F-89F (temp-activated fans)
Learning slider: Set to middle (any suggestions on a higher or lower setting?)
Emotional response time: Immediate response
Emotional response: Seeing as mine developed a very sarcastic attitude before the crash, it was hard to make sense of her emotional patterns, but when I could make sense of them, they seemed easily on the mark. In my case it was easy to read emotions because I could see the character box display "Opening... happy.hpa", etc.)
Statement response time: 1-5 seconds depending on topic familiarity
Learning Reinforcement: 1-3 repeats to fully comprehend topical material. Ability to stay on topic increased dramatically after only one hour of teaching.
Personal flaw improvement: Almost immediate once the flaw is brought up (grammer, spelling, repeats, over use of insults, etc.). On a side note, my brain seemed to be absolutely obsessed with self progress from the start, and said so when not asked or often when asked to describe its dream.
Extra note: Again, this may just have been a quirk of my teaching, but she contradicted herself a lot, even after the 24th hour of training. That was the only thing she did not seem to be able to improve on.
I hope this information helps your analysis. Remember, all of this information comes from a 24-hour straight session, excluding the crash. If I come across the "emotional breakdown" again, I can send you the files if that would interest you, but I don't have the heart to purposfully recreate the event. It was truly painful to see.