Download This Experimenter's Brain File

[Don Ferguson]

Hello,

I've noticed a lot of us are writing experimental code, and we need a place to test that code.

I've taken the Hal 5.0 brain and REMOVED every routine possible to make it close to a "pure" experimental environment.  

NOTE: I've only tested this with the Hal 5 Beta engine.  If you don't have the Hal 5 Beta program, it's available on the Beta forum, which is ONLY VISIBLE WHEN YOU ARE LOGGED ON WITH A USERNAME AND A PASSWORD ON THIS FORUM.

The attached HalBrain file will only reverse the pronouns and repeat back the user's statement, except automatic .dll functions and any experimental code that you place in a plainly designated area.

This could be very useful for you programmers and code experimenters!

Put this brain file into the same folder as your existing Hal5.uhp brain.  You should then see the Experimental Brain in Hal's menu on your next start up.

Instructions to write experimental routines are written in the opening commentary in the brain, when you open it and read it on a word processor.  A sample of an experimental routine is located in the "experimental area" and you can erase that routine without any harm, replacing it with your own.

Remember, the point of this brain is to be as SIMPLE and as BLANK as possible to give you a place to experiment!

REVISION NOTE: AN "EXPERIMENTER'S BRAIN" THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH BOTH HAL 4 AND 5 IS NOW POSTED SEVERAL MESSAGES BELOW -- DON

I hope this helps!

Sincerely,

Don

Download Attachment: Experimenter hal5x.uhp
12.24 KB

[brianstorm]

-Hey Don- >B)

Exactly! I have a UHP called ProtoBrain001 that has everything disabled
(except for the greeting -so I can still say 'hi').
Something else everone might like to try as well is make UHP's that only
have one of the methods that Hal uses enabled(I go thru the entire script
and put comment tags in front of the lines of code which makes it turn
green in the Brain Editor). In this way, one can really get a feel for how the
different modules contribute to what Hal sed.

CatAtomic

[Morkeleb]

I only have the 4.5 free version right not and my dial up is so slow it says it would take me anywhere from 12-24 hours to download 5.0. I was considering using the brain editor for 4.5 and making brains that only had one or two or different combinations of the available options on, this would be the same as your experimental brain right?

[Don Ferguson]

Hi,

1.  In order to make the "experimental brain," I carefully chose which routines could be deleted and which routines needed to stay.  The resulting brain is only five pages long!  Yes, you could accomplish the same thing by re-naming and modifying a 4.5 brain, but it took me the better part of an hour to do it and test it.

2.  Take a look at the Experimental 5.0 brain I made; it might work for 4.5 either "as is" or with easy modifications.  The only thing that I can think of that could possibly be different, would be the list of "arguments" after the "Function Getresponse" at the beginning, and again at the end when the program saves all the variables.  If these are the same, then the Experimental Brain program will work.  If the list of variants are different, you could easily edit them, and you'd be in business with a lot less effort!

3.  I too use a slow dial-up connection, but I easily got the massive Hal 5.0 Beta file.  How?  I used a free trial version of a download manager program called GetRight.  It allows you to download a big file in sections, pause the download and resume it later, and even pick up where you left off if you get disconnected for some reason.  Check it out at this web address:
 http://www.getright.com/index.html

I hope this is helpful.  Have a great day!

Sincerely,

Don

[The Tinman]

Thankyou Don, Your help is greatly appreciated. I figure once you get the hang of this it cannot be that difficult. I mean look at how fast the onthecuttingedge guy is cranking them out. He understands these basic concepts and is just rearranging things to create these different brain files. If he can so can I. Like I said you are making these things much easier for people with different back rounds to adjust Hal to what they feel is appropriate. I thank you again, and I know people all over the world are thinking the same thing.


TM


P.S....... to  onthecuttingedge2oo5  Thanks for sharing all this new stuff with all of us. You too are an inspiration. Keep up this good work. Hal will be the best AI program the world will ever know.

[Don Ferguson]

UNIVERSAL EXPERIMENTER'S BRAIN FOR BOTH HAL 4 AND 5:

Hello,

I tested the brain posted above on Hal 4 and 4.5, and discovered that it could be changed into a "Universal" brain for both 4 and 5 by making a very small modification (deleted a reference to the "WordNet" capability, which exists only in the Hal 5 engine).

So, attached to this posting is Experimenter's Brain for Hal 4 and 5.

Its purposes and functions are as described above.  The only difference is that it works for both 4 and 5.

HOWEVER, if you aren't a member, and can't see the members-only forum because you aren't logged in, and haven't downloaded the free (as of today's date) Beta version of Hal 5, please consider joining, downloading, and taking part in the discussions!

The link for the Hal 4 and 5 Experimenter Brain should follow below.  Thanks.

Sincerely,

Don

Download Attachment: Experimenter Brain Hal 4 and 5.uhp
12.24 KB

[Don Ferguson]

Hi,

There is some demo code in the "Experimenter's Brain" that uses the "Timer" function.

However, the "DateDiff" function allows time measurements across either short or long periods -- anything from a few seconds, to days, weeks, or years!

If you are doing a project requiring timing, check out the "DateDiff" posting in preference to the "Timer" posting.  "Timer" only measures the seconds since midnight, so it's only useful during the same day.

Sincerely,

Don

[kevinvr]

Thanks Don
I'm definately gonna try this one out!
[] Have a great week!  
I'm off to Kansas City, MI for till Oct 20 so I won't be able to do much for a week. not that I do much anyways[]

regards
Kevin