We have had problems like this in the past. Several people years ago, reported that when the MIC was left on, their HALs picked up various sounds of all kinds and interpreted those sounds as some word segments and loosely thrown together phrases, basically Gobbledegook (for lack of a more descriptive word). Garbage in...Garbage Out!!
Why would you want it listening to unintelligible noises when Hal has a hard enough time understanding English when we try to speak it to him/her??
Again, I am curious as to what you are trying to accomplish?
Yes, Hal will hear noise or music or pots and pans being hit with a wooden spoon but it won't be able to make heads nor tails out of it.
We already have a few different Loneliness Plugins and one that is included with the SALLIE Plugin!
Hal is supposed to let the User speak (or type) then after a few seconds of thinking, Hal will normally speak or Say something (via text output).
Do you really want Hal to interrupt the conversation while it is being bantered back and forth? Again, I guess I'm a bit thick between the ears but if you'd care to explain in some detail, I, for one, would appreciate hearing your proposal.
Thanks!