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General Discussion / Re: user names and what they mean on the forum - John

« on: May 31, 2011, 06:18:03 am »

Good morning class,

My user name was simply my real first name "John" and my birth year "1959".  As we get older we need user names and passwords that are easy to remember.

Why am I here you ask? I have to keep my mind active, this brought me to thinking, the thinking made me wonder how I think, so I thought how does a does a brain work, a brain has many parts and process in each part, can a computer act like a brain, I found Ultra Hal, downloaded and installed and joined the forum, I am here.

Believe it or not that really happened REALLY EARLY one morning. (while waiting for the coffee to kick in).

John

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Ultra Hal's Short term memory

« on: May 31, 2011, 06:02:37 am »

Thank you Lightspeed and every body,

Yeap, 1959 was the year...
Anyway back to college Psychology classes.  I noted similarities to Ultra Hal and some of my course work.  While reading posts and Freud it occurred to me that intelligence is multiple layered and Hal seems to be designed more as data a retrieval system than a true thinking individual. (no offense) Human intelligence is based on many aspects of needs, wants, and experiences. Hal  just has experiences. 

For the design team- (any comments appreciated) A computer doesn't have emotion nor desires- but what if they are programmed in?  I recommend installing routines which emulate needs ie, psychological, virtual psychical, and maybe virtual emotional.

Plato proposed that motivation was in 3 parts (tripartite) - appetitive (basic primal needs)- competitive (social influences) and calculating ( the ability to choose even when a lower need is strong). 

Trying to stay on topic- the human brain functions as if it is comprised of multiple computers that are inter connected. Are there any plans to have Hal expand it's capabilities into needs and wants?

John

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Ultra Hal's Short term memory

« on: May 30, 2011, 05:04:42 am »

Good Morning,

Ultra Hal is interesting chatter bot but seems to lack conversational skills and easily distracted.  How is the short term memory configured?  In a human we have the ability to recall information days, years, and even decades ago.  The human short term memory seems to be different than long term memory and requires repetition to "stick".  The Ultra Hal doesn't appear to have short term memory at all.

Here's the challenge- can Ultra Hal hold a conversation and stay on subject?
                                 - can Hal hold a thought and continue the conversation more like a human?   

john

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Re: Hal for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad. Need testers.

« on: May 24, 2011, 08:01:09 pm »

Good Evening,
Used a iPad 2 to run the HAL app.  I noted several things I think would make the program better. 
1. I'd like to run HAL on the iPad 2 off line.
2. It would be great if HAL had a voice synthesizer and voice recognition.
3. When entering text the HAL graphics scroll off the screen. I'd like to see HAL animation.

For the price HAL works pretty good.