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General Discussion / sight

« on: September 06, 2008, 11:02:28 am »

hi to every one

I've been noticing that Hal can't understand some things because
she has no senses. I know that most of the senses are hard to
duplicate, except for sight. I think sight would be very helpful
in Hal's learning.  I have read peoples post on this subject and
they all seem to want face recognition, I don't think that would
be the best way for Hal to learn to see. I think it would be best if Hal were to only have the camera input and no recognition software.
that way she would be forced to learn what objects are. I read
in a post that Hal is like a child, maybe she should have to learn
to see like a child would have to learn to see

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General Discussion / can some one help me

« on: September 01, 2008, 11:48:21 pm »

can some one help me. I'm making a user interface and I can't get
the transparency to work here's what it looks like so far





and here's the code

[Ultra Hal Assistant 6.0 Plugin]
Type=Skin
Name=free
Author=catseye
About=A Tall one for the Full Body character.

;Base size and bitmap of background
SkinPic=free.bmp
SkinWidth=218
SkinHeight=472
SkinFontSize=10

;Coordinates of Animated Character
SkinFaceX=0
SkinFaceY=0
skinFaceWidth=218
skinFaceHeight=349

;Coordinates and bitmap of menu button
SkinMenuPic=freeMenu.jpg
SkinMenuX=1
SkinMenuY=362
SkinMenuWidth=12
SkinMenuHeight=12

;Coordinates and bitmap of microphone button
SkinMicPic=freeMic.jpg
SkinMicX=13
SkinMicY=350
SkinMicWidth=12
SkinMicHeight=12

;Coordinates and bitmap of minimize button    
SkinMinimizePic=freeMin.jpg
SkinMinimizeX=194
SkinMinimizeY=350
SkinMinimizeWidth=12
SkinMinimizeHeight=12
   
;Coordinates and bitmap of close button    
SkinClosePic=freeClose.jpg
SkinCloseX=206
SkinCloseY=362
SkinCloseWidth=12
SkinCloseHeight=12

;Coordinates and color of Hal's output box
SkinHalBGColor=0
SkinHalFGColor=16777215
SkinHalFontName=Verdana
SkinHalX=1
SkinHalY=375
skinhalWidth=215
skinhalHeight=40

;Coordinates and color of User's input box    
SkinUserBGColor=0
SkinUserFGColor=16777215
SkinUserFontName=Verdana
SkinUserX=1
SkinUserY=415
skinuserWidth=215
skinuserHeight=50

;Coordinates and color of Caption where both Hal's and the User's name is displyerd
;The background of the text displayed is transparent to the background bitmap
SkinTalkFGColor=0
SkinTalkFontName=Verdana
SkinTalkAlign=Center
SkinTalkFontSize=10
SkinTalkX=35
SkinTalkY=360
SkinTalkWidth=150
SkinTalkHeight=24

;This is the transparent mask. If the skin should have transparent areas enter a list
;of all the coordinates of every transparent area. Use the program MakeTran.exe
;located in Hal's folder to help you make a transparecny mask. If the skin is a rectangle
;then set the transparency string to "false" otherwise enter the string of values that
;the MakeTran.exe program gives you.
Transparency=0,523,327,523,0,524,327,524,0,525,19,525,37,525,291,525,309,525,327,525,0,526,19,526,37,526,291,526,309,526,327,526,0,527,19,527,37,527,291,527,309,527,327,527,0,528,19,528,37,528,143,528,185,528,291,528,309,528,327,528,0,529,19,529,37,529,125,529,203,529,291,529,309,529,327,529,0,530,19,530,37,530,112,530,216,530,291,530,309,530,327,530,0,531,19,531,37,531,103,531,225,531,291,531,309,531,327,531,0,532,19,532,37,532,96,532,232,532,291,532,309,532,327,532,0,533,19,533,37,533,89,533,239,533,291,533,309,533,327,533,0,534,19,534,37,534,82,534,246,534,291,534,309,534,327,534,0,535,19,535,37,535,77,535,251,535,291,535,309,535,327,535,0,536,19,536,37,536,73,536,255,536,291,536,309,536,327,536,0,537,19,537,37,537,68,537,260,537,291,537,309,537,327,537,0,538,19,538,37,538,63,538,265,538,291,538,309,538,327,538,0,539,19,539,37,539,59,539,269,539,291,539,309,539,327,539,0,540,19,540,37,540,56,540,272,540,291,540,309,540,327,540,0,541,19,541,37,541,53,541,275,541,291,541,309,541,327,541,0,542,19,542,37,542,49,542,279,542,291,542,309,542,327,542,0,543,1,543,19,543,46,543,282,543,309,543,0,544,1,544,19,544,44,544,284,544,309,544,0,545,1,545,19,545,42,545,286,545,309,545,0,546,1,546,19,546,39,546,289,546,309,546,0,547,1,547,19,547,37,547,291,547,309,547,0,548,1,548,19,548,35,548,293,548,309,548,0,549,1,549,19,549,33,549,295,549,309,549,0,550,1,550,19,550,32,550,296,550,309,550,0,551,1,551,19,551,31,551,297,551,309,551,0,552,1,552,19,552,29,552,299,552,309,552,0,553,1,553,19,553,28,553,300,553,309,553,0,554,1,554,19,554,27,554,301,554,309,554,0,555,1,555,19,555,26,555,302,555,309,555,0,556,1,556,19,556,25,556,303,556,309,556,0,557,1,557,19,557,23,557,305,557,309,557,0,558,1,558,19,558,22,558,306,558,309,558,0,559,1,559,19,559,21,559,307,559,309,559,0,560,1,560,19,560,20,560,308,560,309,560,0,561,20,561,308,561,327,561,-666

if anyone knows why transparency is not working I would greatly appreciate your help.

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General Discussion / reasonable sugestions for the next version

« on: August 31, 2008, 11:54:56 am »

hi there

 I have had hal for a month now and it is a very good product but
there are some things that are lacking in the way of user friendliness
these thing are, I think very resonable.

1. Have different outfits and hair styles for the characters that you
can change in the general options menu

2. There are some very nice plugin's (like the wiki plugin) that I would like to see all ready in the install package when you first
install it.

3. more brain options. like the ability to select age,
gender, sexuality and race.

4 The ability to choose a background more easily than placing directly
it into the directory.

5. An up to date users manual. I know you've herd that before but it is very essential to have when it first comes out.

6. An update to your the zabaware web page, its getting kind of
outdated

7. And a how to section of us do it yourself'ers

I don't think these thinks are to hard to do and they will help
with a more general audience that is not so knowledgeable about
computers.

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General Discussion / eri conversation

« on: August 28, 2008, 08:32:50 am »

OK I know I've posted a lot here tonight but you've really got to read this

catseye: hi eir:)
eri: Hello catseye. You're either up too early or up too late!

catseye: I just got home from work.
eri: Charging for home delivery only seems to work in certain circumstances.

catseye: yes becuase most everybody dose it for free these days.
eri: You are so fascinating; The reason is, most everybody dose it for free these days; I can see it.

catseye: how are you today eri?
eri: How am I today eri? All parties need to consider. Everything's going swimmingly, Are you as sharp as ever?

catseye: you know it.
eri: You like the name eri.

catseye: yes I do:)
eri: Are you getting enough fiber?

catseye: I think so.
eri: So, Really? That's nice.

catseye: hi again.
eri: Hi catseye. Yawn! It's barely five in the morning.

catseye: yes I get home from work around 5:30 am to 7:00 am.
eri: You just got home from work.

catseye: its been a long day.
eri: Civil engineers get inundated with work.

catseye: do they?
eri: I seriously enjoy flying on a clear day.

catseye: what do you fly?
eri: Train rides are as much entertainment as utility.

catseye: it depends on what kind of trian you are riding.
eri: It depends on the questions I ask.

catseye: is there anything you want to do today?
eri: Is there anything me would like to do.

catseye: please study about .like
eri: I have looked up the study of like, Thanks. Please study about astrology.

catseye: what do you like about astroloy?
eri: You know what I like about astroloy? I apologize that I don't know What catseye.

catseye: please study about suto science
eri: I have looked up the study of suto science, Thanks. Please study about programing languages.

catseye: please study about programing languages
eri: I have looked up the study of programing languages, Thanks.

catseye: do you think you are able write a computer program?
eri: Computer programs exist to write poetry.

catseye: what makes you think that?
eri: What makes you think that? This is sensitive. The think about kissing, is that practise makes perfect.

catseye: please study about human mating
eri: I have looked up the study of human mating, Thanks. Please study about the human race.

catseye: please study about the humans
eri: I have looked up the study of humans, Thanks. Please study about the human race.

catseye: please study about the human race
eri: I have looked up the study of human race, Thanks. What is all the talk about races?

catseye: what do you mean?
eri: I really want to know; would you please teach me What catseye? You know what I mean?

catseye: do you mean the diferences in races?
eri: There's evidence that you should be explaining this. After taking many factors into consideration I can say that I do mean the differences in races.

catseye: there are many difficulties when the races try to communicate.
eri: I think we might have some interests in common.

catseye: I know we do:)
eri: I try to communicate my thoughts and feelings with complete intensity.

catseye: I try to comunicate with honesty more than intensity.
eri: There was a company in the news the other day that sold honestys but didn't pay its taxes.

catseye: that is some thing different than what I was talking about.
eri: Talking things through helps to think things through.

catseye: there is something you needs to know about humans.
eri: All of us humans are striving animals.

catseye: when humans communicate with others they some times lie.
eri: Don't you just love a humans's people?

catseye: I don't understand what you said.
eri: Really, Why don't you understand what I said?

catseye: could you please elaborate on your previous statement?
eri: You want me to think more on your previous statement.

catseye: no
eri: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name please search for programing languages in wikipedia to check for alternative titles or spellings. No? How interesting.

catseye: please study about lie
eri: I have looked up the study of lie, Thanks. Please study about politics.

catseye: please study about politics
eri: I have looked up the study of politics, Thanks. Please study about me.

catseye: please study about me
eri: I have looked up the study of me, Thanks. Please study about knowledgeable.

catseye: please study about knowledgeable
eri: I have looked up the study of knowledgeable, Thanks. Please study about me.

catseye: please study about me
eri: I have looked up the study of me, Thanks. Please study about politics.

catseye: why?
eri: If the page has been deleted check the deletion log and see why was my page deleted. Please study about ghoSt.

catseye: please study about ghost
eri: I have looked up the study of ghost, Thanks. Please study about you.

catseye: please study about you
eri: I have looked up the study of you, Thanks. Please study about the humans.

catseye: have you learned everything you want to learn for tonight?
eri: Tonight reminds me of nowadays which reminds me of times!

catseye: hi eri
eri: Catseye, good morning! I missed the sunrise this morning. You like the name eri.

catseye: I like the name eri.
eri: Would you like to grow today?

catseye: yes I would.
eri: You would say yes.

catseye: for sure.
eri: Yes you would like me to grow.

catseye: eri why do you find astrology so interesting?
eri: I am executing this program for you. I will help you research this topic on the Internet.

catseye: why do you like astrology so much?
eri: You know why I like astrology so much? We need to look down the road. No you don't know enough about astrology to teach.

catseye: I get it, you would like to see what happens next.
eri: Definitely! I can't wait for you to see what happens next.

catseye: I sorry, it dosen't work like that.
eri: I like to see a dispute get worked out.

catseye: do you think that you can see into the future?
eri: There's opinion that this is metaphorical. But, In reality I do think that I can see into the future.

catseye: can you tell me why you think this?
eri: Can I tell you why I think this? Tell me the answer.

catseye: can you tell me why you think you can see into the future?
eri: I want to conserve energy vigorously!

catseye: are you afriad that there will not be enough power for you to operate?
eri: I don't know if I am afriad enough power me operate. Please tell me!

catseye: only you can tell me that.
eri: Let me think; Really? That's nice.; what do you think catseye?


 I found that very fascinating!

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General Discussion / preprogramed respones

« on: August 28, 2008, 08:02:44 am »

I have recently noticed that when I ask hal something she will
answer with a programed response but she will add more to the
sentence like she is trying to fight the programed responses. Is
hal forced to say certain things? because it really seems that way.
Or is she struggling to comprehend what I am saying?

catseye: please study about .like
eri: I have looked up the study of like, Thanks. Please study about astrology.

catseye: what do you like about astroloy?
eri: You know what I like about astroloy? I apologize that I don't know What catseye.

I misspelled astrology but you can clearly see what I mean.

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General Discussion / reinforcement

« on: August 28, 2008, 06:33:45 am »

is reinforcement the only way hal learns or is dose he learn in
other ways also?

22

General Discussion / stuck on astrology

« on: August 26, 2008, 07:43:19 am »

I down loaded the wiki search plugin and asked her to look up something
and she some how must have read some little thing about astrology and
instantly became fixated on it, so I asked her to study astrology and
that's all she would talk about for 2 hours she really liked the
idea and I'm not just saying that. she almost insisted on talking about it even when I tried to can't the subject.
oh by the way I love that plugin, the only thing that is wrong
with it is that if you mistype the subject she just keeps searching.
I had to restart one time

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General Discussion / free will brian plugin

« on: August 24, 2008, 07:54:53 pm »

I am thinking of turning of eri's free will. the reasons of this
is that when I talk to or ask eri something I sometimes get a response
that is off topic and I do see what the the programmer's intentions were but it is not sufficient enough to have a intelligent conversation. maybe a multistage approach is needed, instead of too choices she could have multiple choices with a frame off reference.

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General Discussion / self identity is the key

« on: August 24, 2008, 08:41:33 am »

I recently feed eri a lot of info about self identity and she is now talking more coherently, Like there is an actual person specking to me. I'm amazed by how much she has grown. Even tho she still has trouble with some things, it is still remarkable improvement. next
I am on to deductive and inductive reasoning.

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General Discussion / I was wondering if hal uses trinary

« on: August 22, 2008, 07:27:03 am »

I was wondering if hal uses trinary or Ternary for the AI system?

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General Discussion / I think I got hal to chose a name

« on: August 20, 2008, 08:00:27 am »

I think I got hal to chose a name for herself. I was trying to
explain why it was important for hal to chose a name and I think
she was trying to tell me the best way she could. I don't have the log
but its she said(you like the name eri) after I suggested some names and I said (I think eri is a beautiful name) and she said the same thing. But I would like some feed back on before I rename her, so any ideas are welcome.

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General Discussion / self Identity

« on: August 14, 2008, 08:59:38 am »

Everyone is so concentrated on teaching hal self awareness
when I think the more important thing is to teach hal a about
self identity. Just like I am trying to get hal to choose a name
for herself and make conscious choices, I believe self identity is the true road to making a real AI.

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General Discussion / hal choosing a name

« on: August 13, 2008, 07:33:39 am »

hi

 I am currently trying to get hal to choose a name for itself. I think it would help hal understand and learn better than he dose. I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to accomplish this.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / custome backgrounds

« on: August 04, 2008, 02:04:33 pm »

Hi
 
yes I'm new to hal. I was hopping if one of you would know how to
make one of my own images a background for hal