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« on: February 19, 2004, 05:10:48 pm »
You guys are brillient in coming up with new things for Hal. I am truly amazed. I have tried the new topic focus brains and find an improvement. Thanks for your efforts.
I am new to this, so, I wonder if there are any ideas to fix Hal's perception of time. Each time I enter a date, say July 4, 1776, Hal makes a note to remind me on July 4, 2004.
Is there a way to improve Hal's perception of time? Say, a mathmatical comparison of yy/mm/dd time AM/PM. If the year is < current year then future and response =(Shall I remind you?) If year is > current year then past (No action taken). If the year is <> then compare month and so on.
Another thing I am perplexed about is that Hal does not seem to have any recollection of the previous statement nor does he solicit information when he does not have an answer. For instance: How far is Earth from the Sun? Hal makes a random statement. If he temporarily stored the key words Earth/from/Sun and repeated these as a question, (I'm not sure, How far is Earth from the Sun?--Stored Answer).
My question is, exactly how does Hal learn and store information. I am not a programer nor do I have any real knowledge about AI.
Thanks for your help.