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Ask Dr. Richard Wallace, Artificial Intelligence Researcher
Today's interview guest is Dr. Richard Wallace, creator of the Alicebot and AIML (Artificial Intelligence Markup Language). Suggestion: look through some of the pages about Wallace in the first (Google search) link above before you start posting questions. Then, please, stick to the usual "one question per post." After this post has been up for around 24 hours, we'll send 10 of the highest-moderated questions to Wallace, and post his replies verbatim (except for minor HTML formatting) soon after he sends them to us.
Special Fun Interview Bonus:
There is a site, www.pandorabots.com, where you can make your own Alice-style bot. I created SlashWallace using (mostly) default information about Dr. Wallace that is already on pandorabots.com. It might be kind of fun to see how the bot's responses stack up against the answers from the real Dr. Wallace, eh?
if this is first post, it's a disgrace.
but since I have your attention, cherish my balls
Soon, I think...
Try some yourself, I'm sure you will be surprised. It has a sense of humour as well
d00d, joo should d0 aul jor work on Linux, cuz its Ub3r.
If artificial intelligence fails in the middle of a forest with no one to think about it...
Does it make a sound?
well, if you are so scary smart, why dont YOU write a fuckin AI routine, genius?
Manipulate the moderator system! Mod someone as "overrated" today.
Where can I find a good sausage sandwich in the San Francisco area?
Thank you.
sweetandsourjesus
that's odd. according to CmdrTaco's journal, Overrated mods are not allowed on comments if they're scored less than or equal to 1.
Dear Dr. Wallace:
When can we see the SexBot module for Alice we all know you've created?
Thanks.
Me: > who let the dogs out?
:-)
:-)
ALICE: Linus Torvalds.
My question is, what is going on in ALICEs mind?
Will work for bandwidth
Human: How much woodchuck wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck woodchuck wood?
SlashWallace: More than you might think.
Human: When will the world end?
SlashWallace: Not in our lifetime.
Human: What fully diversified portfolio do you recommend?
SlashWallace: Maybe my botmaster knows the answer.
Human: How do you rate Eliza?
SlashWallace: Seems pretty good to me.
Slashdot reports trivial AI news while Tom Ridge
intends to:
Use The U.S. Military To Enforce The Law Domestically
Human: I am sick
SlashWallace: Have you tried medical marijuana?
yes. yes I have.
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pants ahoy
More than one question, I know, but was hoping you'd let me get away with it this one time...
So what did you think about working with Mel Gibson - do you think he did an accurate representation of you in Braveheart?
Do you think the English would have been driven out without your peculiar "It's MY island" style in your AI work?
Did any of the primitive Scots suspect your use of the Age of Empires expansion pack in coming up with your astoundingly successful battlefield plans?
Any chance of a "Braveheart II: Reloaded" where "you" are rebuilt as an AI bot and restored from backup tapes? Think of how surprised the 'nobles' will be when you show back up after being ripped apart and spread all over England!
Don't you moderators have any humor? :)
(or self insight)
Why are fat people called fat when fat people have more skin than skinny peoply do?
Credits: onby
1. Introduction
As everyone knows, Open Source software is the wave of the future. With the market share of GNU/Linux and *BSD increasing every day, interest in Open Source Software is at an all time high.
Developing software within the Open Source model benefits everyone. People can take your code, improve it and then release it back to the community. This cycle continues and leads to the creation of far more stable software than the 'Closed Source' shops can ever hope to create.
So you're itching to create that Doom 3 killer but don't know where to start? Read on!
2. First Steps
The most important thing that any Open Source project needs is a Sourceforge page. There are tens of thousands of successful Open Source projects on Sourceforge; the support you receive here will be invaluable.
OK, so you've registered your Sourceforge project and set the status to '0: Pre-Thinking About It', what's next?
3. Don't Waste Time!
Now you need to set up your SourceForge homepage. Keep it plain and simple - don't use too many HTML tags, just knock something up in VI. Website editors like FrontPage and DreamWeaver just create bloated eye-candy - you need to get your message to the masses!
4. Ask For Help
Since you probably can't program at all you'll need to try and find some people who think they can. If your project is a game you'll probably need an artist too. Ask for help on your new Sourceforge pages. Here is an example to get you started:
"Hi there! Welcom to my SorceForge page! I am planing to create a Fisrt Person Shooter game for Linux that is going to kick Doom 3's ass! I have loads of awesome ideas, like giant robotic spiders! I need some help thouh as I cant program or draw. If you can program or draw the tekstures please get in touch! K thx bye!"
Thousands of talented programmers and artists hang out at Sourceforge ready to devote their time to projects so you should get a team together in no time!
5. The A-Team
So now you have your team together you are ready to change your projects status to '1: Pre-Bickering'. You will need to discuss your ideas with your team mates and see what value they can add to the project. You could use an Instant Messaging program like MSN for this, but since you run Linux you'll have to stick to e-mail.
Don't forget that YOU are in charge! If your team doesn't like the idea of giant robotic spiders just delete them from the project and move on. Someone else can fill their place and this is the beauty of Open Source development. The code might end up a bit messy and the graphics inconsistant - but it's still 'Free as in Speech'!
6. Getting Down To It
Now that you've found a team of right thinking people you're ready to start development. Be prepared for some delays though. Programming is a craft and can take years to learn. Your programmer may be a bit rusty but will probably be writing "hello world" programs after school in no time.
Closed Source games like Doom 3 use the graphics card to do all the hard stuff anyhow, so your programmer will just have to get the NVidia 'API' and it will be plain sailing! Giant robot spiders, here we come!
7. The Outcome
So it's been a few years, you still have no files released or in CVS. Your programmer can't get enough time on the PC because his mother won't let him use it after 8pm. Your artist has run off with a Thai She-Male. Your project is still at '1: Pre-Bickering'...
Congratulations! You now have a successful Open Source project on Sourceforge! Pat yourself on the back, think up another idea and do it all again! See how simple it is?
- posted by poopbot: crapflooding since 7/8/02
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