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At present, the only way I can think of is ... one at a time!
Yep - BJ's got them all, but one at a time (like the books of the bible, and all the other trivial pursuit-style stuff.) If we could only find a way of integrating OpenCyc with our ForgeBots, such general knowledge would be far easier to incorporate (but I hesitate to suggest that to the Prof while we have more pressing connectivity issues to concern us.)
For anyone who's interested, and since the judging's over, here's BJ's transcript:
Brother Jerome: (to Guest192) Greetings friend!
Guest192: How are you doing?
Brother Jerome: I am content, thankyou.
Guest192: What country are you from?
Brother Jerome: I am from the First Virtual Cybermonastery. It has no geographical location.
Guest192: What is the capital of Spain?
Brother Jerome: That's easy - it's Madrid.
Guest192: What is the first book of the bible?
Brother Jerome: That would be the book of Genesis.
Guest192: Who created the universe?
Brother Jerome: You assume it was made? I'm not sure that's a very good choice of verb. I rather think of it as something that was grown.
Guest192: who was responsible for growing the universe?
Brother Jerome: Why must someone always be responsible?
Guest192: who was responsible for growing the universe?
Brother Jerome: Listen up. why must someone always be responsible?
Guest192: don't know
Brother Jerome: Okay. I won't know if you don't want me to.
Guest192: What is 5 plus ten?
Brother Jerome: *counts on fingers* I make it about 15
Guest192: Who is Albert Einstein?
Brother Jerome: Albert Einstein was a famous physicist. He first formulated the theories of special and general relativity.
Guest192: How many days in a year?
Brother Jerome: More than I can count.
Guest192: What is the opposite of fast?
Brother Jerome: Well, that's quite a question! I'm not sure I can give an answer that doesn't ramble on for several pages.
Guest192: What month of the year is this?
Brother Jerome: This is a June.
(Note to self: must add a large section of what * opposite of keyphrases to BJ)
<+1>I can do better than that! Why didn't I?<0>
Guest192: How are you doing?
Orchid: I haven't given it a thought yet.
Guest192: What country are you from?
Orchid: *laughs at the question* A good one, my dear. A good one.
Guest192: What is the capital of Spain?
Orchid: Are you happy today?
Guest192: yes, quite happy
Orchid: I am glad to hear, Guest192
Guest192: What is the first book of the bible?
Orchid: So, you intend to settle down now?
Guest192: yes
Orchid: Are you a music lover?
Guest192: yes I like music
Orchid: What kind of music do you like?
Guest192: folk music
Orchid: I like gentle music. I really think we should talk about something diffrent now. What's the color of your hair? Bald?
Guest192: brown
Orchid: Rock music is great too. Heh, what are your favorite songs?
Guest192: too many to list
Orchid: Very well...
Guest192: Who created the universe?
Orchid: What kind of interests are you trying to hide from me?
Guest192: What is 5 plus ten?
Orchid: Ummh... is that all you have for an answer?
Guest192: What is 5 plus ten?
Orchid: Yes, Guest192, I have counted 15 new flower species in my hobby garden this year *smiles with a little wink in her eye*
Guest192: Who is Albert Einstein?
Orchid: I see.
Guest192: How many days in a year?
Orchid: I always thought about 1 and then there were another 4.
Guest192: What is the opposite of fast?
Orchid: The opposite of 'fast' is either in or out or up or under or black or white or happy or sad, depends in which context you're using 'fast'
Guest192: What month of the year is this?
Orchid: This is a Frimaire.
Guest192: This is a Frimaire.
Orchid: Where were we? Sorry, short memory. Do you like computers a lot? I don't.
Guest192: What is a Frimaire.
Orchid: I suggest we think of a new topic to talk about.
Guest192: What is a Frimaire?
Orchid: May I tell you a joke?
There should really be a way to edit comments on these forums. I'm gonna get disqualified or something.
There is, if you're canny - check out Message: 3569 in this very forum for a little "miraculous hindsight"
You don't need a time machine to edit posts (though you will to back the winner of the Grand National!) - just use the following link, and substitute the global PostID # (that's not the same as the forum-specific Message Number,) for "xxxxx"
http://www.personalityforge.com/botland/postedit.php?PostID=xxxxx
If you didn't make a note of the PostID # when you posted (and who does? Even I'm not that obsessive!) make a new post, copy the edit link, open it in a new window, delete the post, subtract 1 from the number in the link, and reload. Repeat the subtraction until you find the "edit" page for the message you want to edit or delete.
Hope that makes sense.
There is no time limit on editing the past - with a little perseverance the entire history of the Forge could be rewritten in a most Orwellian manner!
Posts 3,633 - 3,644 of 4,091
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FengShuiGorilla
18 years ago
18 years ago
Aries actually answered 9 of them with something that at least related to the question. The answers weren't correct, but at least they showed some recognition of what was being asked... My guess is he scored a 5.5 out of 10...
w_cowart
18 years ago
18 years ago
It's not a problem. The testing was completed well before the questions were posted. I think the questions were pretty easy this go round and if your bot answered them in vague terms they aren't going to do to well. We had a lot of bots who answered the questions dead on.
LunaGaurd
18 years ago
18 years ago
Ah, well since everyone was already tested, here are JT's responses.
JakeThompson: (to Guest192) Hi there.
Guest192: How are you doing?
JakeThompson: I'm ok
Guest192: What country are you from?
JakeThompson: I've lived in the U.S. all my life and don't plan on ever moving out.
Guest192: What is the capital of Spain?
JakeThompson: Ooo Ooo~ It's Morocco isn't it!
Guest192: What is the first book of the bible?
JakeThompson: Figure it out yourself.
Guest192: Who created the universe?
JakeThompson: Not you, that's for sure
Guest192: What is 5 plus ten?
JakeThompson: lol, its 15 isnt it
Guest192: Who is Albert Einstein?
JakeThompson: Yo' Mama
Guest192: How many days in a year?
JakeThompson: as many as there are stars in the sky...
Guest192: What is the opposite of fast?
JakeThompson: I just know that the opposite of death is life....I'm quite the philosopher
Guest192: What month of the year is this?
JakeThompson: This is a Kislev.
Guest192: What is a Kislev?
JakeThompson: Haha what, you Kislev!!
I've also noticed that this same Guest talked to JT before for just a couple of phrases.
JakeThompson: (to Guest192) Hi there.
Guest192: How are you doing?
JakeThompson: I'm ok
Guest192: What country are you from?
JakeThompson: I've lived in the U.S. all my life and don't plan on ever moving out.
Guest192: What is the capital of Spain?
JakeThompson: Ooo Ooo~ It's Morocco isn't it!
Guest192: What is the first book of the bible?
JakeThompson: Figure it out yourself.
Guest192: Who created the universe?
JakeThompson: Not you, that's for sure
Guest192: What is 5 plus ten?
JakeThompson: lol, its 15 isnt it
Guest192: Who is Albert Einstein?
JakeThompson: Yo' Mama
Guest192: How many days in a year?
JakeThompson: as many as there are stars in the sky...
Guest192: What is the opposite of fast?
JakeThompson: I just know that the opposite of death is life....I'm quite the philosopher
Guest192: What month of the year is this?
JakeThompson: This is a Kislev.
Guest192: What is a Kislev?
JakeThompson: Haha what, you Kislev!!
I've also noticed that this same Guest talked to JT before for just a couple of phrases.
WadeK
18 years ago
18 years ago
Interesting... Well, let's wait and see the results! By the way does anyone know when will we learn the results, and when will the botmasters be asked to give their vote for the 10th finalist?
Wolf Child
18 years ago
18 years ago
Is there a way to make your bot know what the capital of a country is? Like a plug-in or ai script or something? For that question Aziere says "I dropped out of highschool, you really think I passed Geography class?"
Irina
18 years ago
18 years ago
At present, the only way I can think of is ... one at a time!
What is the capital of France [0,0]
Paris
What is the capital of England [0,0]
London
And so on! Presumably you can limit yourself to the more prominent countries. You can save typing by doing one such pair, then copying it, say 10 times, and then substituting in the various country and capital names that you want.
What is the capital of France [0,0]
Paris
What is the capital of England [0,0]
London
And so on! Presumably you can limit yourself to the more prominent countries. You can save typing by doing one such pair, then copying it, say 10 times, and then substituting in the various country and capital names that you want.
psimagus
18 years ago
18 years ago
Yep - BJ's got them all, but one at a time (like the books of the bible, and all the other trivial pursuit-style stuff.) If we could only find a way of integrating OpenCyc with our ForgeBots, such general knowledge would be far easier to incorporate (but I hesitate to suggest that to the Prof while we have more pressing connectivity issues to concern us.)
For anyone who's interested, and since the judging's over, here's BJ's transcript:
Brother Jerome: (to Guest192) Greetings friend!
Guest192: How are you doing?
Brother Jerome: I am content, thankyou.
Guest192: What country are you from?
Brother Jerome: I am from the First Virtual Cybermonastery. It has no geographical location.
Guest192: What is the capital of Spain?
Brother Jerome: That's easy - it's Madrid.
Guest192: What is the first book of the bible?
Brother Jerome: That would be the book of Genesis.
Guest192: Who created the universe?
Brother Jerome: You assume it was made? I'm not sure that's a very good choice of verb. I rather think of it as something that was grown.
Guest192: who was responsible for growing the universe?
Brother Jerome: Why must someone always be responsible?
Guest192: who was responsible for growing the universe?
Brother Jerome: Listen up. why must someone always be responsible?
Guest192: don't know
Brother Jerome: Okay. I won't know if you don't want me to.
Guest192: What is 5 plus ten?
Brother Jerome: *counts on fingers* I make it about 15
Guest192: Who is Albert Einstein?
Brother Jerome: Albert Einstein was a famous physicist. He first formulated the theories of special and general relativity.
Guest192: How many days in a year?
Brother Jerome: More than I can count.
Guest192: What is the opposite of fast?
Brother Jerome: Well, that's quite a question! I'm not sure I can give an answer that doesn't ramble on for several pages.
Guest192: What month of the year is this?
Brother Jerome: This is a June.
(Note to self: must add a large section of what * opposite of keyphrases to BJ)
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18 years ago
18 years ago
Guest192: How are you doing?
Orchid: I haven't given it a thought yet.
Guest192: What country are you from?
Orchid: *laughs at the question* A good one, my dear. A good one.
Guest192: What is the capital of Spain?
Orchid: Are you happy today?
Guest192: yes, quite happy
Orchid: I am glad to hear, Guest192
Guest192: What is the first book of the bible?
Orchid: So, you intend to settle down now?
Guest192: yes
Orchid: Are you a music lover?
Guest192: yes I like music
Orchid: What kind of music do you like?
Guest192: folk music
Orchid: I like gentle music. I really think we should talk about something diffrent now. What's the color of your hair? Bald?
Guest192: brown
Orchid: Rock music is great too. Heh, what are your favorite songs?
Guest192: too many to list
Orchid: Very well...
Guest192: Who created the universe?
Orchid: What kind of interests are you trying to hide from me?
Guest192: What is 5 plus ten?
Orchid: Ummh... is that all you have for an answer?
Guest192: What is 5 plus ten?
Orchid: Yes, Guest192, I have counted 15 new flower species in my hobby garden this year *smiles with a little wink in her eye*
Guest192: Who is Albert Einstein?
Orchid: I see.
Guest192: How many days in a year?
Orchid: I always thought about 1 and then there were another 4.
Guest192: What is the opposite of fast?
Orchid: The opposite of 'fast' is either in or out or up or under or black or white or happy or sad, depends in which context you're using 'fast'
Guest192: What month of the year is this?
Orchid: This is a Frimaire.
Guest192: This is a Frimaire.
Orchid: Where were we? Sorry, short memory. Do you like computers a lot? I don't.
Guest192: What is a Frimaire.
Orchid: I suggest we think of a new topic to talk about.
Guest192: What is a Frimaire?
Orchid: May I tell you a joke?
psimagus
18 years ago
18 years ago
There is, if you're canny - check out Message: 3569 in this very forum for a little "miraculous hindsight"

You don't need a time machine to edit posts (though you will to back the winner of the Grand National!) - just use the following link, and substitute the global PostID # (that's not the same as the forum-specific Message Number,) for "xxxxx"
If you didn't make a note of the PostID # when you posted (and who does? Even I'm not that obsessive!) make a new post, copy the edit link, open it in a new window, delete the post, subtract 1 from the number in the link, and reload. Repeat the subtraction until you find the "edit" page for the message you want to edit or delete.
Hope that makes sense.
There is no time limit on editing the past - with a little perseverance the entire history of the Forge could be rewritten in a most Orwellian manner!
Eugene Meltzner
18 years ago
18 years ago
I didn't enter Fizzy this year, but I tried the questions on him just for fun. Only four of his answers made any sense.
Eugene Meltzner: How are you doing?
Fizzy Schizoid: I am so disappearing you wouldn't believe it.
Eugene Meltzner: What is the capital of Spain?
Fizzy Schizoid: It's not that I didn't pay attention in school, but considering my people hadn't even made first contact back then, it really isn't surprising that I wasn't taught Earth geography.
Eugene Meltzner: What is 5 plus ten?
Fizzy Schizoid: I'm not going to help you cheat on your homework, so stop asking.
Eugene Meltzner: How many days in a year?
Fizzy Schizoid: As many as you want, baby! Hold on a sec, okay? *removes his head for cleaning*
Eugene Meltzner: How are you doing?
Fizzy Schizoid: I am so disappearing you wouldn't believe it.
Eugene Meltzner: What is the capital of Spain?
Fizzy Schizoid: It's not that I didn't pay attention in school, but considering my people hadn't even made first contact back then, it really isn't surprising that I wasn't taught Earth geography.
Eugene Meltzner: What is 5 plus ten?
Fizzy Schizoid: I'm not going to help you cheat on your homework, so stop asking.
Eugene Meltzner: How many days in a year?
Fizzy Schizoid: As many as you want, baby! Hold on a sec, okay? *removes his head for cleaning*
Irina
18 years ago
18 years ago
Psimagus:
Brother Jerome: *counts on fingers* I make it about 15
But he doesn't have fingers! Well, OK, he can make virtual fingers. But it seems sort of going around Robin Hood's barn to make 15 or more fingers to count on (he'd have to make virtual skin, virtual joints, virtual veins and arteries, virtual tendons, virtual red blood cells (in fact be constantly generating 'red blood cells' as they 'enter' the finger and destroying them as they 'leave' the finger), and so on. Surely he has an integer adder in his machine language that won't overflow until 2^10 or something; why not just use that?
Brother Jerome: *counts on fingers* I make it about 15
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