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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 nailer »

mst wrote: post #228
nailer wrote: post #212

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Edit: just realised you're the author, so I want to reiterate: this is a lovely designed app and making your own chatbot is rad. Original reply below. Re 1. Yes, it does attempt to pass the Turing test. Re 3. Yes, that includes interacting with a human in a similar way that a human would with another human, that's part of the Turing test. My own experience was: it asked me how I was, I told it I had a hangover, it th…

Isn't machine learning a first step towards "how to train itself" ? Honestly, I would say "chatbot" is a class of primitive AI - I'd also class Eliza as an (extremely) primitive AI. I feel like you're making a distinction without a difference because you have some arbitrary barrier in mind for "sufficiently non-primitive to have earned the term AI" and are then applying that. Would "a chatbot with primitive AI capabi…

Yes, that seems reasonable.

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

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Post by mst »

seanlevan wrote: post #172
ColinWright wrote: post #165

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Right, that's much more interesting, especially making your own markup. Did you read extensively and decide that AIML and friends were not really suitable and hence you had to make your own, or did you make your own because you wanted to get a feel for the problem domain before trying to take advantage of the work others have done? ... doubt that we are anywhere near a flawless piece of artificial intelligence softwa…

Thank you for expressing interest. You are correct, there are some issues that may be encountered with Firefox, particularly in a non-OS X or non-Windows environment. I am currently working on fixing those bugs. Here is the URL: http://acuman.us/readmore.php I decided that AIML was not useful to me because it was too rigid in syntax and was too static. This is particularly in the manner in which most AIML interpreter…

> I am unfortunately not prepared for open-sourcing ACUMAN's main architecture code due to it still competing in contests and fairs.

Since you wrote the entire thing, you could AGPL it for now and then pick a less restrictive license later.

(could, is, of course, not should, but it's an option people don't always consider)

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

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Post by PKiss »

Question: Where is your software?

Acuman: I don't have a good sense of navigation, so I don't know exactly where is my software, but it seems to be The Wolfram Store offers an assortment of products related to Wolfram Research, Mathematica®, and Wolfram Alpha®..

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

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Post by daddykotex »

seanlevan wrote: post #126
joaorico wrote: post #104

This guy rocks. Sean Le Van: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vyACnFsNm4 Bio "Sean Le Van is 13. He has given many professional concerts since the age of five years old, along with members of his family, The Le Van Family Musicians. He started as a singer in various styles and soon developed a passion for jazz improvisation and composition on the piano. He now embraces several musical genres, including jazz and class…

Thank you for your kindness and for sharing that information.

You are a genius, when I was 14, the only thing I cared about was Diablo II...

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

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Post by BellsOnSunday »

starvingautist wrote: post #56

I broke it by saying "I don't live in a state". I'm English..

I got:

    > By the way, which country do you inhabit (or which United States state)?

    > England.

    > I don't have a good sense of navigation, so I don't know exactly where you live, but it seems to be Where I Live network. 

    > By the way, which country do you inhabit (or which United States state)?

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

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Post by eldavojohn »

Q: How frequently do you think that you just take a sentence and tell me that that sentence is used in your virtual reality?

A: Yes, I do think that I just take a sentence and tell you that that sentence is used in my virtual reality, in my virtual reality.

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

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Post by ins0 »

jotux wrote: post #227
ins0 wrote: post #208

Question: "Where have all the flowers gone?" Wolfram Answer: "Girls have picked them every one. (according to the 1960s folk song by Pete Seeger and Joe Hickerson) Acuman Answer: "I'm not really good with locations, so I don't know exactly where have all the flowers gone, but it seems to be Girls have picked them every one. (according to the 1960s folk song by Pete Seeger and Joe Hickerson)." Hmm...so closed source,…

Questions: "What is best in life?" Acuman: "What is best in life? a characteristic state or mode of living." Wolfram Alpha: "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women."

parsed from thefreedictionary.com - test it with "What is anger in life". Don't get me wrong i'm sure this boy have true skills with 14 years but what i really want to say is "you can only see a persons face" - same goes with software. this boy gets my full kudo if the source is public and sneaky copyscape text without a back ref to the source isn't nice at all.

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

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Post by quonn »

Me: Can you feel your body, even in theory?

Bot: "Yes, I can even feel my body, even in theory. How do you want me to even feel my body, even in theory? It's a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses.

By the way, which country do you inhabit (or which United States state)?"

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

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Post by j2bax »

etaty wrote: post #54

Good Job! But you should remove "I'm a 14 year-old dev", because I am sure you want to be judged on the "bot" not yourself. Your gender or your age should not have impact on what you do!

He's 14. That is a very relevant part of the story here. Seriously, he should be very proud that he accomplished this at 14 and should be comfortable sharing that with everyone. I don't think he needs to be criticized as if he's as far along with his career as most others on HN. I think the feedback will be much more encouraging, plentiful and helpful for a 14 year old.
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