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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 dennisgorelik »

seanlevan wrote: post #155
ColinWright wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> "Of all people you should appreciate that." I do know that - I know that very well. I'm just interested to see that with all the vast amount of progress that has been made, and all the tools available for language analysis, this system still make mistakes like that. I'd love to see more about how much this is gluing together existing components, and how much is original to the project. Back when I was doing this ev…

That's the interesting thing- I am not, unlike most chatterbot projects, using existing technologies and jumbling it together- a quick glance at the "read more" page on the technologies of ACUMAN will tell you otherwise. Everything is made from scratch. From the ground-up. I could have used AIML (the AI version of XML), or anything I wanted. But instead, to make it unique and customizable to the demand of this projec…

That documentary is focusing on the wrong things.

I do not care about speech recognition when we are talking about AGI.

I care about AGI being able to understand written text - the most natural form of communication between humans and AGI.

The problem is that AGI is not able to understand written text well, cannot build good mental models and cannot make meaningful decisions based on them.

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

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Post by seanlevan »

ugexe wrote: post #177
seanlevan wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From a strictly technical point of view, it is at least some form of Artificial Intelligence: 1) From the perspective of the Turing Test, it biomimics human behavior and intelligence. 2) The field of artificial intelligence deals with a computerized comprehension of data. ACUMAN is heavily dependent on machine learning, natural language processing, and text classification algorithms, which facilitate understanding. I…

Do you have an example of it taking personality into account?

Yes. If you were in a noticeably bad mood, the bot might make a comment on it. It also picks on your hobbies and goals, and asks more questions about them or reminds you to follow through with them.

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

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Post by ape4 »

Me: I like to eat hotdogs.

Acuman: I'm glad that you like to eat hotdogs, though personally I don't like to eat hotdogs that much. I'm just not a fan of something that is someone who performs dangerous stunts to attract attention to himself.

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

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Post by askyui1 »

seanlevan wrote: post #121
askyui1 wrote: post #120

OP, how do you manage to do so many things at once? What is your productivity secret? Also, how do you prefer to learn? By hands on, or by reading books?

Thank you! To be perfectly honest, as helpful as it is to read literature in a particular field: for me, it is and was definitely hands-on. I probably learned 99% of what I know in development based on the experience of just being able to live with code.

That's great! I am glad to hear that.

Now that I think about it, I think I'm like that too. I do most of my learning by actually trying to build/do something rather than reading a book on the topic. But then I have to admit that it sometimes leads me to doing stuff that's not best-practices.

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

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Post by topac »

seanlevan wrote: post #158
topac wrote: post #152

I don't believe you are 14yo. No 14yo guy will ever refer to himself the way you do. Prove me I am wrong and I'll give you gold.

I believe my LinkedIn should be sufficient evidence...? I don't understand your demand, though I suppose it is a compliment?

yeah, but very crude, but yes, don't worry : )

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

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Post by DaFranker »

seanlevan wrote: post #99
nailer wrote: post #66

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I hate to say it but it's a (great looking, fun) chat bot, not an AI.

From a strictly technical point of view, it is at least some form of Artificial Intelligence: 1) From the perspective of the Turing Test, it biomimics human behavior and intelligence. 2) The field of artificial intelligence deals with a computerized comprehension of data. ACUMAN is heavily dependent on machine learning, natural language processing, and text classification algorithms, which facilitate understanding. I…

I'm glad you took the time to elaborate on this. It's impressive how quickly people came to conflate "AI" with either the general human-level form of intelligence or things they've seen in movies.

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Post by chernevik »

SideburnsOfDoom wrote: post #173
chernevik wrote: post #122

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If you want to argue English usage with Shakespeare, that's your business. "My matter hath no voice, to your own most pregnant and vouchsafed ear." -- Viola, "Twelfth Night"

I wasn't talking about "pregnant" and I personally don't care about it. "Unique" literally means "there is only one". Now where would you insert the word "most" in the sentence "there is only one"?

“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master—that’s all.”
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