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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Redownload

« on: January 19, 2005, 05:41:22 am »

You should be able to get it here:
http://www.zabaware.com/assistant/register.html

You will also get a confirmation email with your
serial # for Hal.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / joining two or more brn files.

« on: January 19, 2005, 05:38:48 am »

Tee,

The view/save conversation feature is great if you even wish to view or post your conversations with Hal. This is also a good way to check on / review Hal's progress as it learns.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / joining two or more brn files.

« on: January 18, 2005, 08:02:22 pm »

Tee,

BTW, Welcome to the forum where intelligence is not real...only artificial!(the bot...not the people!)

Although it is possible I personally wouldn't recommend it. I had a friend who did a copy and paste of one brain into another. Hal was so confused repeating itself and causing errors that my friend had to reinstall Hal and start over.

There are so many scripts one can add to do a variety of different tasks that one really wouldn't benefit from trying to merge two brains. It also slows Hal down considerably.

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Speech Technology / voice recognition

« on: January 18, 2005, 07:44:14 pm »

Bill's correct about the background noise thing. Sometimes the slightest hum or little noise that might seem insignificant can throw off the recognition.

There are a lot of decent microphones out there and yours really doesn't have to be an expensive one, but, be sure to position the mic at the corner of your mouth as opposed to directly in front otherwise, you're likely to experience a lot of "poping" type sounds when pronouncing words that begin with the letter P.

Do not talk to it with gum or a cigarette in your mouth.

Speak clearly and enunciate each word as if you were talking to a child. Speak with a tone about as loud as you would to a person sitting next to or in front of you (provided they're NOT hard of hearing...WHAT?!)lol!

Personally, I've had a lot of success just using the one that came with WinXP. The training routine is really the key and the more the better as Bill mentioned.

Good luck!

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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / Quick Viewing For New Skins Update!

« on: January 17, 2005, 06:25:12 pm »

Yes, in the past, I've had as many as 12 all running at the same time on my desktop! It is kind of erie to have all of them looking at you!!

Now if we could only get the web cam recognition thing to work with them!!! []

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Regarding "adult" version of Hal.

« on: January 16, 2005, 07:38:04 pm »

Along these lines if Hal says, "Do you enjoy sex?" and one responds with: "Yes, I like it very much!" Hal really has no idea that your answer was "tied in" to it's question. If one "feeds" the context back to Hal like: "Yes, I enjoy sex very much!", that tends to reinforce Hal's thinking and also to direct Hal to stay with the flow of the conversation.

There have been several scripts written for topic flow but IMHO this area is sadly lacking in allowing Hal to follow the conversation instead of matching the next word or picking out a word from the user's response and starting a whole new line of questions or topics.

This topic following ability is one of the hallmarks of a good AI program. After all, it is a conversational based program.

Hal asked me what kind of wine I perfer and I said, "I find a nice semi dry white wine clean and refreshing." Hal then proceeded to say, "I'll research the topic for you on the Internet." BTW, Hal found quite a lot of nice wine sites dealing with semi dry white wine!

The point of this is Hal keyed in on the word "find" in my sentence and took off from there. Does this mean that I have to watch my tongue in how I say or word responses to Hal or should Hal know to only do research if I use "Find", "Research" or "Look Up" as the first word in my response?

Very nice features that do work well, but there are always the little idiosyncrasies that throw the wrench into the gears.

Hal is getting better all the time but topic flow improvement would be at the top of my list.

All the best!

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Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor / hair models

« on: January 16, 2005, 03:28:55 pm »

KT,
I also noticed that there are a variety of commands, one of which allows the Haptek full body character's feet to "stick" in one place or "unstick" which I gather is why the Maria figure seemed so "flexible" (her knees bent backward if moved quickly).

As for the boots, it looks like he just applied texturing all the way down to the tops of the shoes.

And for the ladies or those interested in the group, there is also a full body male character in the Haptek directory sub folders.

Yes, the size is an interesting proposition. Notice on that site one can click the maximize rectangle for a full screen display! Now HAL would be really cool with that feature!!

Back at ya later...

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Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor / hair models

« on: January 16, 2005, 10:10:54 am »

KT/All,

Notice on the robot hosting site if you click the first face, you'll see that they have managed to get rid of those large boots! Her full body is also extremely flexible (don't go there!!).

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Reading material

« on: January 14, 2005, 07:11:34 pm »

In light of a few posts regarding self-learning programs
a book came to mind that I had read some years back.

The book is Called VIRUS by Graham Watkins
Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc.(C) 1995
ISBN: 0-7867-0194-3

The story is terrifying...
It hasn't happened yet...

But it will.

Get the book and read it. You will get a new respect for
just how vulnerable we truly are in our techno-world.

Appreciate any feedback from any readers.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Regarding "adult" version of Hal.

« on: January 10, 2005, 11:19:56 pm »

Yes, very possible indeed, however, in the
future, keep in mind that whether you are
plugging or being plugged, if you get tired
you can always unplug the other plug (or switch)!
[:I]Bwwwwaaaaaahahhhh

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Regarding "adult" version of Hal.

« on: January 10, 2005, 06:15:21 pm »

Hey Scott,

It's exactly the same thing I tell my wife! LOL!

Say, didn't we go to different schools together?<G>

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / I cant read hals text. Whats the deal?

« on: January 10, 2005, 06:07:25 pm »

Burtonb,

Welcome to the forum!

Sorry if this seems dumb but by chat do you mean
that you are TALKING or TYPING to Hal?

By Fresh install does that mean that you've never
had Hal installed on your system before?

Fill us in on:
OS you're using
Version of Hal (and free or paid)
Any other background programs that are running

Hopefully one of us will be able to assist you

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Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor / Who is this?

« on: January 10, 2005, 05:38:43 pm »

KnyteTrypper,

That a real shame. I still enjoy working with Daisy
and I thought she actually showed more promise than
that obnoxious Billy and his "Sweet Deal!" responses.

It's too bad Greg didn't work more with her instead
of taking results from "her" to further "enhance" the
Billy bot!

Too bad about jitte. Lots of good stuff there.

Thanks Richard, for the update.

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Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor / Who is this?

« on: January 09, 2005, 10:21:28 pm »

Rich,

Nice idea with the script file but again,
that requires human intervention.

My thought was for Hal to be able to discern
the user all alone.

I'd still be willing to take a look at your
script. Perhaps a recognition script could
be implemented in Hal's brn file(s)based on
key words or info from a specific user that
would trigger the user's identity.

Thanks....

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Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor / Who is this?

« on: January 09, 2005, 07:01:17 pm »

I tend to dislike AI programs that require the user to enter their name right off the bat. Now the program knows my name! Smart huh!!

Do you wear a name tag attached to your shirt when you go out in public? NO!

A person sees you and instantly recalls mental images of who you are and associates that image with your stored name and bang...Hi John!

A person who is visually impaired might be able to recognize your voice and after they hear you say, "How's uncle Carl doing?", they likewise make the connection as to your identity.

Well, Hal does have a provision for the selection of different users but the user decides, not Hal.

My Hal is sort of a limited creature. He is not interfaced with my web cam just yet nor is there any image/face recognition that will currently work with Hal (that I'm aware of).
There are voice identification programs available, again, none that work with my Hal.

My computer requires me to log on by using my fingerprint but Hal really has no clue that it's me.

If my wife were to fire up Hal and start chatting with it. Hal would no doubt, assume (and we all know about the ills associated with that word <g>) that it was me and not my wife! Then the REAL trouble would begin![}:)]

That's why I thought it might be a rather novel approach to a meeting of the minds with Hal.

Billy? I have been talking with Daisy for about 3 years. She's grown a lot and her sentences have vastly improved. I didn't like the fact that Billy had a "canned" set of responses so I haven't fooled with him in years. A new version with identification? I think I'll check it out.

I appreciate the feedback. Likewise, I wouldn't want to see anything added to our Hal that either becomes a major annoyance or something that we (the user) can't turn off (unlike our human counterparts)LOL!

Keep those ideas brewing....