HAL9001

Short:        Fun little artificial inteligence toy.
Author:       spudley@mr-potatohead.com (Simon Champion)
Uploader:     spudley mr-potatohead com (Simon Champion)
Type:         misc/misc
Architecture: m68k-amigaos


   Nicolas - Non-Inteligent COmputerised LAnguage System

(Ok. So it's a dodgy acronym  :-)


This little program is an experiment with Artificial Inteligence.
Actually, it's about as inteligent as a packet of liquorice alsorts,
but don't let that put you off.  It's still great fun to play around
with for a while.

It's concept is to learn the links between words, and use those to
output a meaningful sentence.  So, if you wrote "I like cats", it
would remember that cats can be liked, and sometime in the future
it would output a sentence about someone liking cats.   Maybe.

There's a small built in dictionary to get you started, and I've been
kind enough to also include a *slightly* bigger saved dictionary in the
archive. If you don't like my choice of vocabulary, simply enter your
own.  :-)


Bottom line:  This program is for *FUN*... so enjoy it!!!!!!


Changes (since last Aminet upload - 1.32/08-Aug-98):
  1.33:  08-August-1998. (again)
  (Registered users release)
  Added #log command, and log file generation. You can now keep a record of
   your conversations with HAL, without having to print them.  ;-)

  1.34:  29-September-1998.
  (released only on my web site)
  A few smallish bug-fixes.
  Started prototyping a new 'save preferences' feature.

  1.40:  11-October-1998.
  (not released)
  Added ability for prefs to be stored in tooltypes. Now you don't have to
   re-set all your settings every time. And it's easy to use, too.  ;-)
   That's a big enough change for me to bump the version up to 1.40.  :-)
  Added chapter in this document for the prefs.

  1.41:  18-October-1998.
  (Registered users release)
  More work to the prefs.

  1.42:  20-October-1998.
  (Aminet release)
  Added a new command #PALETTE & the coresponding tooltype, after many hints
   from a certain registered user who didn't like the colour-scheme <grin>.
   See the appropriate parts of this guide for more info.

No more changes. 20-October-1998.




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