More about Artificial Intelligence

What is Megahal

MegaHAL is a "conversation simulator": a computer program which responds in natural language to what you type, written by Jason Hutchens.

Conversation with Megahal

User:    can you help me write a blog about Artificial intelligence?
MegaHAL: I feel like you are a nice person.
User:    So far, the only program I knew that would simulate
User:    conversation would have been Eliza
MegaHAL: Conversation are good for the mind.
User:    but lately I discovered MegaHAL, and since then I have been
User:    training a few Artificial intelligences
MegaHAL: Only the unknown can be discovered.
User:    the first thing to do is to download megahal at
User:    http://sourceforge.net/projects/megahal/files/
MegaHAL: But lately i discovered MegaHAL, and since then i have been
MegaHAL: training a few artificial intelligences.
User:    then after extracting the source, just go into megahal's folder
User:    and type "make"
MegaHAL: Yet mystery and reality emerge from the same source.
User:    you will then have a executable file 'megahal' with a size of
User:    around 70kb
MegaHAL: I have quite a reputation.
User:    next you can start from scratch and train your artificial
User:    intelligence by typing things to her
MegaHAL: Can you help me write a blog about artificial intelligence?
User:    or you can download already trained artificial intelligences
User:    like Bishop from the movie Alien 2
MegaHAL: Yet mystery and reality emerge from the movie alien 2.
User:    other Artificial intelligences features Ferris Bueller, C3po,
User:    Data (from Startrek), Bill Clinton, and more
MegaHAL: So far, the only program i knew that would simulate
MegaHAL: conversation would have been training a few artificial
MegaHAL: intelligences.
User:    the download link for additional "brains" is
User:    http://megahal.alioth.debian.org/download/old/
MegaHAL: The first thing to do is to download megahal at
MegaHAL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/megahal/files.
User:    basically after unpacking a new Artificial intelligence of
User:    Ferris Bueller for example into a folder named "ferris"
MegaHAL: Can you help me write a blog about artificial intelligence?
User:    to talk to Ferris Bueller just type "./megahal -d ferris/"
MegaHAL: To talk to ferris bueller for example into a folder named
MegaHAL: "ferris.
User:    megahal will load the trainer file and create a new brain, then
User:    the conversation can start
MegaHAL: Conversation are good for the mind.