[Wolves] random thought

[sparkes]

On Mon, 2004-05-31 at 01:43, Chris Ball wrote:
> i was thinking, there a few people on this list that are programmers, has
> anyone ever thought about making some kind of reactive program, that could
> be entered into a turing competition?
We are way, way off the techology needed to win a genuine turing
contest.  The loebner prize is the closest thing that is available
because the rules limit conversation and randomness on the part of the
judges

> 
> while idling away at work, i thought about getting writing something that
> reacted in the usual ways, but also learned from the people it talked to,
> learning differnet phrases and information on subjects it was unsure about,
> not exactly AI, but basic learning atleast, with information stored on some
> sort of recognition database... i mean if you made a core in C or something
> else, then i'm sure other modules could be written in other languages
> (although i'm sure this would be a pain in the behind, it would solve
> arguments about which program it would work best in, and would offer
> different ways of interacting with it)
you are better off writing the whole thing in a scripting language to
allow quick prototyping off ideas.  or write the whole thing in one
language and write the rules in xml.  google for alicebot to see how
this works.

> 
> is this just idle thought, or does anyone else see this is a workable idea?
> 
everythings a good idea until it is proved otherwise.  One of the guys
on the SB lug list is an AI expert and teaches in one of brums uni's so
if you want to pursue this idea the SB list might also provide a bunch
of willing partisipants.

sparkes