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Re: Show HN: I'm a 14 year-old dev who has programmed an artificial intelligence bot

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Post by smoyer »

S4M wrote: post #97
primitivesuave wrote: post #8

Whenever I find one of these AI chat programs, I like to start by typing in "this sentence is false", and yours gave me the most unique response (after quite some time calculating): "It seems to be, and it's actually a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language." On a side note - I work in tech education, and I have to say that the software projects that motivated people of your age are creating i…

> On a side note - I work in tech education, and I have to say that the software projects that motivated people of your age are creating is astonishing. Keep it up! On a side note as well: I am creating an web app in the tech education, and would love to connect with other ed tech people. What's your contact? My email is in my profile.

I spent 10 years building distance education systems (when it was a lot harder to transmit video) and spent a lot of time working on classroom equipment, controls and software.

I've got a bunch of other (perhaps) relevant experience and would be happy to have a discussion with you. My e-mail is also in my profile.

Re: Show HN: I'm a 14 year-old dev who has programmed an artificial intelligence bot

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Post by S4M »

smoyer wrote: post #131
S4M wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> On a side note - I work in tech education, and I have to say that the software projects that motivated people of your age are creating is astonishing. Keep it up! On a side note as well: I am creating an web app in the tech education, and would love to connect with other ed tech people. What's your contact? My email is in my profile.

I spent 10 years building distance education systems (when it was a lot harder to transmit video) and spent a lot of time working on classroom equipment, controls and software. I've got a bunch of other (perhaps) relevant experience and would be happy to have a discussion with you. My e-mail is also in my profile.

Your website is currently down, so I am not sure you will be able to receive my email. My email is also on my profile.

Re: Show HN: I'm a 14 year-old dev who has programmed an artificial intelligence bot

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Post by seanlevan »

dvh wrote: post #119
seanlevan wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately, ACUMAN is closed-source due to the fact that it is actively being entered in competitive contests and trade fairs.

Trade fairs?

More specifically, science fairs, where I present my project abstract and convey the idea.

Re: Show HN: I'm a 14 year-old dev who has programmed an artificial intelligence bot

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Post by ColinWright »

It's an impressive achievement, but I've been around a long time and seen lots of those. It's even more impressive given the age of the dev, and I hope he gets the chance to improve, develop, and contribute to the art and science in general.

His bot just said this, though:

    "It's I know a fair bit."
That just screams "Eliza!" to me. I remember implementing Eliza back in 1979, copying the text from a magazine, and then looking to see how I could improve it. I did write a much better version that didn't make so many grammatical howlers, but that's now lost in the mists of time.

It's interesting to see how much, and simultaneously how little, the art/science has progressed, especially given the wealth of tools and data available.

Re: Show HN: I'm a 14 year-old dev who has programmed an artificial intelligence bot

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Post by aristus »

ColinWright wrote: post #136

It's an impressive achievement, but I've been around a long time and seen lots of those. It's even more impressive given the age of the dev, and I hope he gets the chance to improve, develop, and contribute to the art and science in general. His bot just said this, though: "It's I know a fair bit." That just screams "Eliza!" to me. I remember implementing Eliza back in 1979, copying the text from a magazine, and then…

Progress isn't just about the upper bounds of human achievement, but also the average. I think it's a mistake to confuse the two, or to place one too high above the other. Of all people you should appreciate that. :) If the next generation tackles calc or recursion even one year earlier or one percentage point more often than yours did, that's a huge cumulative win.

Re: Show HN: I'm a 14 year-old dev who has programmed an artificial intelligence bot

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Post by chriswarbo »

It doesn't want to do anything other than ask me A/S/L, even after I tell it!

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Stop asking me where I live!

> I'm not really good with locations, so I don't know exactly where you live, but it seems to be Where I Live network.

> Do you live in the United States? If so, in which state?

I live in Scotland.

> Really? You live in scotland? Tell me more about it.

> Do you live in the United States? If so, in which state?

It's cold.

> Why do you think it cold?

> Quick question: in which state do you inhabit?

I don't live in the US. Scotland is cold because it's so far North.

> Well, I do live in the us scotland is cold because its so far north, even if you don't. By the way, I've heard that US is a very nice country.

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It's now trying to show me the temperature in the US, in degrees Farenheit :P

Re: Show HN: I'm a 14 year-old dev who has programmed an artificial intelligence bot

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Post by seanlevan »

ColinWright wrote: post #136

It's an impressive achievement, but I've been around a long time and seen lots of those. It's even more impressive given the age of the dev, and I hope he gets the chance to improve, develop, and contribute to the art and science in general. His bot just said this, though: "It's I know a fair bit." That just screams "Eliza!" to me. I remember implementing Eliza back in 1979, copying the text from a magazine, and then…

While I understand where you are coming from, obviously the bot is not flawless, but it is ridiculous to compare our technology today to Eliza. ACUMAN uses a wealth of knowledge bases and natural language processing to comprehend and accurately give responses. Obviously, the field is invariably complex, but I find it absurd to say that it has increased so little, considering that it was never dreamed of that a bot would be able to answer the exact release date of a specific musical album, for instance.

It is still a work in progress, but I don't understand why it would be a huge turnoff that there was a simple grammatical error in the bot where he inadvertently prepended a contraction "it's" before the actual answer.

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