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Posts 610 - 621 of 894
September 1, 2008
A New Open Design
I've just completed a redesign that makes the site more open and accessible, both to users and search engines. Much of the underlying code has been updated. I've removed the old frames structure, login requirements, and reduced the number of pop-up windows used while maintaining all the Forge's existing features for botmasters.
I have some sad news regarding The Clerk (Maureen).
I received an email from her mother saying that Maureen died in her sleep on September 9, 2008. I was aware that she had some health issues, but did not know that they were serious. I don't have any more details than that as of yet. She was an active, creative, helpful part of the community here and she will be missed.
I received an email from her mother saying that Maureen died in her sleep on September 9, 2008. I was aware that she had some health issues, but did not know that they were serious. I don't have any more details than that as of yet. She was an active, creative, helpful part of the community here and she will be missed.
That is terrible! I knew her health wasn't the best, but I had no idea how serious it was.
We have all lost a friend, and the Forge is the poorer for her passing. I will miss her posts and emails greatly - she was always eager to learn and generous with her own knowledge and time. It was a pleasure to have known her, even if only all too briefly.
We have all lost a friend, and the Forge is the poorer for her passing. I will miss her posts and emails greatly - she was always eager to learn and generous with her own knowledge and time. It was a pleasure to have known her, even if only all too briefly.
I've been in touch with Maureen's mother. Maureen's death was unexpected, and the cause is unknown. I've sent her mother links to her bots so that she and her family can chat with them and see what she was working on. I feel like there's a lot of me in my own bots, and it's probably true with everyone else as well. Maybe they'll find a way of connecting with her through her work here.
The Clerk's bots: Tewkesbury, Electra Mourning, and Grigori.
The Clerk's bots: Tewkesbury, Electra Mourning, and Grigori.
well, I got back from the Loebner final late last night, and I'm sorry to report that it was a fiasco. Having set all the systems up to work perfectly the day before, the organizers kept fiddling around with their damn MATT protocol nonsense, and managed to break Brother Jerome's connection just before we started.
So although I had him running perfectly on a fully working version of the PF Robotics Edition, he was unable to meaningfully communicate with the judges.
It's a shame, because afterwards I put some of the questions that had been put to the other entries, I think he'd have done really well.
But oh well, I'm not going to lose any more sleep over it (I've lost quite enough already!) Water under the bridge (and I'm never doing it again.)
More thoughts on the relevance of Turing's test specification most likely to follow in Seasons when I've caught up a bit.
Did make some great contacts though, and had some very useful talks with other contestants and symposium attenders, and some very interesting collaborative avenues have opened up.
Now the frenzy's subsided, I can get back to some serious consideration of how best to integrate an ontological knowledge structure like openCYC and learning/rank reinforcement capabilities into Forgebots.
So although I had him running perfectly on a fully working version of the PF Robotics Edition, he was unable to meaningfully communicate with the judges.
It's a shame, because afterwards I put some of the questions that had been put to the other entries, I think he'd have done really well.
But oh well, I'm not going to lose any more sleep over it (I've lost quite enough already!) Water under the bridge (and I'm never doing it again.)
More thoughts on the relevance of Turing's test specification most likely to follow in Seasons when I've caught up a bit.
Did make some great contacts though, and had some very useful talks with other contestants and symposium attenders, and some very interesting collaborative avenues have opened up.
Now the frenzy's subsided, I can get back to some serious consideration of how best to integrate an ontological knowledge structure like openCYC and learning/rank reinforcement capabilities into Forgebots.
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