Artificial Intelligence MindForth Programming Journal -- 2011 April 15
Mentifex
We are developing some ideas today about the difference
between responding to "Who are you?" and "What are you?"
in the AI Mind. In our AI coding towards the end of 2009,
we were using too many flag variables to keep track of the
asking of a who-query or a what-query. Then towards the end
of 2010 we were having substantial success with the use of
neuronal inhibition to obtain the proper variation in multiple
answers to the same question, such as"What are you?"
Inhibiting each currently given answer made the AI able
to summon successively different answers, such as
"I am code" and "I am software" and "I am a robot."
Now we want to go deeper into the machine psyche and
enable the AI to respond differently to queries of "what"
and queries of "who". We want to achieve this goal
without the use of cumbersome query-flags.
One idea that we have had today is that we can
differentiate between who-queries and what-queries
by letting each one predispose either an "EnDefArt"
module for the English definite article, or an"EnInDefArt"
module for an English indefinite article. For example,
we would like a "What are you?" query to engender a
response with an indefinite article, such as, "I am a robot."
On the other hand, we would like a "Who are you?" query
to engender a response with the definite article, as in,
"I am the robot."
Even with the new article modules, we will still need
a way for the input of "who" or "what" to send a signal
to the appropriate module. Instead of having mindgrid-wide,
blanket query-flag variables as we did in late 2009,
we may now be able to make use of the "statuscon"
variables that we dreamed up in our MFPJ work of
Fri.12.SEP.2008. For each of the new article modules,
we will devise a "statuscon" variable so as to "prime"
that mind-module to respond properly to the "who" or
"what" inquiry. Say, using this "statuscon" technique
may even enable proper answers to a compound query
like, "Who and what are you?" We might get the AI to
respond, "I am Andru and I am a robot." The main thing is,
by shifting away from the mindgrid-wide query-variables
and by using instead the "statuscon" variables, we may
achieve a tighter integration between specific English words
and the proper response to them.
Sat.16.APR.2011 -- Implementing Article Conditions
First we declare the variables "defartcon" and "indefartcon"
for setting the definite or indefinite article condition.
We run the artificial Forthmind, and it still works.
Then into the EnArticle module we insert code to test
the status of the new variables before saying "A" or "THE".
The mechanism is rough now at first, but we ask
"Who are you?" and the AI Mind responds "I AM BRAIN".
When we ask "What are you?" the AI says, "I AM A BRAIN."
Mentifex
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Alex McDonald
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> First we declare the variables "defartcon" and "indefartcon"
Very schoolboy humour I know, but these may be the world's funniest
variable names ever.
Brian Martin
addition of an artistic element, yielding "Def(art)con", ultimately
abbreviated to "defartcon"
Alex McDonald
<brianNOS...@futuresoftware.com.auNOSPAM> wrote:
> Actually these are derived from the military term "Defcon", with the
> addition of an artistic element, yielding "Def(art)con", ultimately
> abbreviated to "defartcon"
Artistically named or not, I'm sorry, I'm still giggling :-)
John Passaniti
> [...] Then towards the end of 2010 we were having
> substantial success with the use of neuronal inhibition
> to obtain the proper variation in multiple answers to
> the same question, such as"What are you?"
Yes, I was quite impressed with that. I'll never forget how I was
blown back into my chair when I typed this into the AI mind:
fish eat bugs
cats eat fish
what are you?
My finger trembled over the "Enter" key, not knowing what to expect.
And then, THE QUICKENING!!! I saw the most incredible reply. I still
tingle when I think about it:
cats cats cats cats cats cats cats cats cats cats cats cats cats cats
cats cats cats cats cats cats cats cats cats cats cats cats cats cats
cats cats
eat you
And then the program ended because of a stack fault. Now, most people
who don't know a damn thing about artificial intelligence might have
ignored this. But I knew better. I knew the AI Mind was trying to
warn me. In the brief time the AI Mind was running, it had correctly
figured out that my cat was trying to eat me. Sure, she's playful and
will nibble on my finger after I rub her chin. But the AI Mind
figured out that she's really sizing me up for dinner. BAD KITTY!
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