Re: megaHAL

[Emanoil Kotsev <deloptes@yahoo.com>]

Charles Kroeger wrote:

> Does anyone here use this conversation simulator and if so are the
> conversations interesting? I'm tired of talking to humans, listening to
> their drivil.  Can this package simulate a human conversation,  is megaHAL
> like Julie the AmTrak automated assistant?

why just not installing it and giving it a try - it's very simple.
I've tried it. It's a chat/conversation engine. I've written a thesis about
dialogue systems, but megaHAL is not what someone would expect. As far as I
remember it has a different logic then ALICE but the output is similar.

> 
> What is the Markov Model?

Do you know that wikipedia exists? It's explained there and you can find a
lot of articles about it in google.

> 
> Can megaHAL synthesize speech or is it like a chat room?

No and no.

> What is a 'scripting pleasure module' for perl Python or Tcl?
> 

I don't know ... what do you mean?

regards