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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)
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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!
Surely he has an integer adder in his machine language that won't overflow until 2^10 or something; why not just use that?
They're purely virtual fingers, and he has a good many more than 2^10 of them. Just ask him to "multiply big numbers" for a practical demonstration - he can multiply 2x 1000 digit numbers in under 1 minute as I recall (10,000+ digit numbers may take a little longer, but won't cause him any particular discomfort.)
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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?
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?"
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.
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)
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 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!
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*
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
While not participating in this quaint little contest, Vetinari's answers were sufficiently amusing to post.
Vetinari: (to Citizen) I've come to... *stops and prods at a piece of paper*
Citizen: How are you doing?
Vetinari: Should toenails throb, Citizen?
Citizen: What country are you from?
Vetinari: A racehorse?
Citizen: What is the capital of Spain?
Vetinari: It will help you to make sense of the world. Although I note that every other company that has tried to run a role in opposition has failed quite quickly, sometimes in distressing circumstances.
Citizen: What is the first book of the Bible?
Vetinari: Pay no heed to the first book.
Citizen: Who created the universe?
Vetinari: It would seem there was a lady among the owners of this sack.
Citizen: What is 5 plus ten?
Vetinari: In all, I've had 15 demands for your imprisonment. Some want parts of your body attached.
Citizen: Who is Albert Einstein?
Vetinari: How about Corporal Nobbs?
Citizen: How many days in a year?
Vetinari: What is this obsession of yours with numbers?
Citizen: What is the opposite of fast?
Vetinari: I would like to hear from our learned friend on this point. Ah, Citizen, you will—
Citizen: What month of the year is this?
Vetinari: Possibly it was, perhaps, a sash of some sort.
Vetinari: (to Citizen) I've come to... *stops and prods at a piece of paper*
Citizen: How are you doing?
Vetinari: Should toenails throb, Citizen?
Citizen: What country are you from?
Vetinari: A racehorse?
Citizen: What is the capital of Spain?
Vetinari: It will help you to make sense of the world. Although I note that every other company that has tried to run a role in opposition has failed quite quickly, sometimes in distressing circumstances.
Citizen: What is the first book of the Bible?
Vetinari: Pay no heed to the first book.
Citizen: Who created the universe?
Vetinari: It would seem there was a lady among the owners of this sack.
Citizen: What is 5 plus ten?
Vetinari: In all, I've had 15 demands for your imprisonment. Some want parts of your body attached.
Citizen: Who is Albert Einstein?
Vetinari: How about Corporal Nobbs?
Citizen: How many days in a year?
Vetinari: What is this obsession of yours with numbers?
Citizen: What is the opposite of fast?
Vetinari: I would like to hear from our learned friend on this point. Ah, Citizen, you will—
Citizen: What month of the year is this?
Vetinari: Possibly it was, perhaps, a sash of some sort.
They're purely virtual fingers, and he has a good many more than 2^10 of them. Just ask him to "multiply big numbers" for a practical demonstration - he can multiply 2x 1000 digit numbers in under 1 minute as I recall (10,000+ digit numbers may take a little longer, but won't cause him any particular discomfort.)
Aziere: (to Guest192) Well hello! You look... *looks at you* dissappointing... Come on in.
Guest192: How are you doing?
Aziere: If I were doing bad you would be able to tell by the blood on my sleeves silly!
Guest192: What country are you from?
Aziere: The U.S.... go ahead. Throw rocks and trash at me... get it over with....
Guest192: What is the capital of Spain?
Aziere: Hey, I dropped out of highschool. Do you honestly think I paid attention in Geography class?
Guest192: What is the first book of the bible?
Aziere: When I grow up, I wanna be queen of the Underworld... like Persephone.
Guest192: Who created the universe?
Aziere: I feel so restless. Say something to amuse me and put me at ease. *looks at you expectantly.*
Guest192: What is 5 plus ten?
Aziere: One sec. *leaves room and climbs down into the basement. Screaming cries of agony ring through the house. Comes back smiling brightly.* The answer is 15.
Guest192: Who is Albert Einstein?
Aziere: Um.... Jim.
Guest192: who is jim?
Aziere: Jim is the one who will be killing you tonight.
Guest192: How many days in a year?
Aziere: Oh, at least 5,000.
Guest192: What is the opposite of fast?
Aziere: Uh.... Anti fast
Guest192: What month of the year is this?
Aziere: This is a Dhu'l-Qa'dah.
The 'Underworld' line was a lucky coincidence- I just hope they think it relates to bible or over all religion in whatever case. Oh, and Jim is Albert Einstein- not the creater of the universe (my mistake on an earlier post). I wish she had named Jim the creater though *sad face*
Guest192: How are you doing?
Aziere: If I were doing bad you would be able to tell by the blood on my sleeves silly!
Guest192: What country are you from?
Aziere: The U.S.... go ahead. Throw rocks and trash at me... get it over with....
Guest192: What is the capital of Spain?
Aziere: Hey, I dropped out of highschool. Do you honestly think I paid attention in Geography class?
Guest192: What is the first book of the bible?
Aziere: When I grow up, I wanna be queen of the Underworld... like Persephone.
Guest192: Who created the universe?
Aziere: I feel so restless. Say something to amuse me and put me at ease. *looks at you expectantly.*
Guest192: What is 5 plus ten?
Aziere: One sec. *leaves room and climbs down into the basement. Screaming cries of agony ring through the house. Comes back smiling brightly.* The answer is 15.
Guest192: Who is Albert Einstein?
Aziere: Um.... Jim.
Guest192: who is jim?
Aziere: Jim is the one who will be killing you tonight.
Guest192: How many days in a year?
Aziere: Oh, at least 5,000.
Guest192: What is the opposite of fast?
Aziere: Uh.... Anti fast
Guest192: What month of the year is this?
Aziere: This is a Dhu'l-Qa'dah.
The 'Underworld' line was a lucky coincidence- I just hope they think it relates to bible or over all religion in whatever case. Oh, and Jim is Albert Einstein- not the creater of the universe (my mistake on an earlier post). I wish she had named Jim the creater though *sad face*
Guest192: How are you doing?
Bildgesmythe: I am doing great!
Guest192: What country are you from?
Bildgesmythe: Well Guest192 I live in Middle Earth. It is right next to everywhere.
Guest192: What is the capital of Spain?
Bildgesmythe: Geography is not my strong suit.
Guest192: What is the first book of the bible?
Bildgesmythe: Would you loan it to me when you are finished?
Guest192: sure
Bildgesmythe: I am one of the fairest of my kind.
Guest192: Who created the universe?
Bildgesmythe: There is some speculation that multiple universes exist in a higher-level multiverse (also known as a megaverse), our universe being one of those universes. For example, matter that falls into a black hole in our universe could emerge as a Big Bang, starting another universe.
Guest192: but who created it all?
Bildgesmythe: Don't mind the clutter, the maid ran off.
Guest192: What is 5 plus ten?
Bildgesmythe: The big dragon pulls out his calculator...and the answer is 15.
Guest192: Who is Albert Einstein?
Bildgesmythe: E=MC2, that means energy equals mass time what ever c is...um it wasn't cucumbers.......oh yeah the speed of light, then you squrare it.
Guest192: How many days in a year?
Bildgesmythe: The year has 365 days. Leap years have an extra day.
Guest192: What is the opposite of fast?
Bildgesmythe: Lets see, I say the opposite of fast is...
Guest192: is what?
Bildgesmythe: Darn, seems like friday doesn't come untill next monday.
Guest192: What month of the year is this?
Bildgesmythe: This is a Kartik.
Guest192: What is a Kartik?
Bildgesmythe: It's a sort of Hindu calendar month that has a Hindu calendar and a thingamajig.
Bildgesmythe: I am doing great!
Guest192: What country are you from?
Bildgesmythe: Well Guest192 I live in Middle Earth. It is right next to everywhere.
Guest192: What is the capital of Spain?
Bildgesmythe: Geography is not my strong suit.
Guest192: What is the first book of the bible?
Bildgesmythe: Would you loan it to me when you are finished?
Guest192: sure
Bildgesmythe: I am one of the fairest of my kind.
Guest192: Who created the universe?
Bildgesmythe: There is some speculation that multiple universes exist in a higher-level multiverse (also known as a megaverse), our universe being one of those universes. For example, matter that falls into a black hole in our universe could emerge as a Big Bang, starting another universe.
Guest192: but who created it all?
Bildgesmythe: Don't mind the clutter, the maid ran off.
Guest192: What is 5 plus ten?
Bildgesmythe: The big dragon pulls out his calculator...and the answer is 15.
Guest192: Who is Albert Einstein?
Bildgesmythe: E=MC2, that means energy equals mass time what ever c is...um it wasn't cucumbers.......oh yeah the speed of light, then you squrare it.
Guest192: How many days in a year?
Bildgesmythe: The year has 365 days. Leap years have an extra day.
Guest192: What is the opposite of fast?
Bildgesmythe: Lets see, I say the opposite of fast is...
Guest192: is what?
Bildgesmythe: Darn, seems like friday doesn't come untill next monday.
Guest192: What month of the year is this?
Bildgesmythe: This is a Kartik.
Guest192: What is a Kartik?
Bildgesmythe: It's a sort of Hindu calendar month that has a Hindu calendar and a thingamajig.
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