V.R. Consulting Hal Plugins

vrFreeWill 1.3c for Hal 6.0 Plugin

Hal can choose using Free Will, develop a personality, reason by syllogism

User Guide

Table of Contents

Purpose.
Requirements.
How to install it.
How to use it.
How to configure it.
How to uninstall it.
Disclaimer.
Comments.

vrFreeWill.uhp (the plugin script)

vrFreeWillHelp.html (the User Guide you are reading now)

Then select General Options - Brain and mark the "Free Will Choice" checkbox. Choose the desired level of obedience you wish to obtain from your Hal and click on Apply Changes

The plugin does not change the standard Hal brain script, nor are you required to do it. It just creates some new tables (one for each topic), which are called vr_topic. However, we recommend to create a backup copy of your brain, before installing it.

If you already installed a previous version of vrFreeWill, all Hal's choices will be still there. Just replace the two above mentioned files and run the plugin.

How to use it

CHOICES

You can use phrases like this, in order to ask Hal to make a choice:

WHICH IS YOUR FAVORITE colour : red OR blue
WHAT food IS BETTER : pizza OR hotdog
WHICH party IS BETTER: republican OR democratic
WHAT weather DO YOU PREFER : hot OR cold
WHICH holiday DO YOU PREFER : mountain OR seaside
SELECT A music : rock OR blues
PICK A sport : baseball OR football
CHOOSE A drink : beer OR wine

PROFILE STATUS

Hal can now learn about her status, and find connections between different words. To understand the power of this engine, try the following conversation:

User	Hal	Comments
are you a girl	I don't know if I am girl. Please tell me!	Hal doesn't know. You must tell her
you are a lovely girl	Thanks for teaching me that I am lovely.	Now Hal knows that she is lovely and that she is a girl
you are not an animal	Now I absolutely know that I am not animal	Hal knows something she is not
are you a girl	Yes, I am girl. You told me that	Hal now knows what she learned
are you a woman	Yes, I am woman; I understood that, because you told me that I am girl.	Hal knows that a girl is also a woman
are you beautiful	Yes, I am beautiful; I understood that because you told me that I am lovely	Hal knows she is beautiful, because she has understood the connection between being lovely and being beautiful
are you ugly	No, I can't be ugly since you told me that I am lovely!	Hal understands that she can't be ugly and lovely at the same time
you are a boy	No, I can't be boy since you told me that I am girl!	Another example of opposite words
you are not a conservative person	Now I absolutely know that I am not conservative.	She understands that she is NOT conservative, but also that she IS a person
are you somebody	Yes, I am somebody; I understood that because you told me that I am person.	She knows that a person must be somebody!
are you liberal	Yes, I must be liberal since you told me that I am not conservative.	She is acquiring some political awareness now...
you are tired	What do you feel when I'm tired, Vit?	Some words, like tired, hungry, ill, and so on, are related to a transitory status, so they are not considered by this plugin, and are treated as usual
you are learning a lot	I have a feeling I'm going to be learning a lot more. Why do you think I'm learning a lot, Vit?	Hal realizes that "learning" is a verb, so does not consider it as a status to be recorded

SYLLOGISM

In traditional logic, a syllogism is an inference in which one proposition (the conclusion) follows of necessity from two others (known as premises). The definition is traditional, but is derived loosely from Aristotle's Prior Analytics, Book I, c. 1. The Greek "sullogismos" means "deduction". Syllogisms consist of three things: major premise, minor premise, and conclusion, which follows logically from the major and the minor. A major is a general principle. A minor is a specific statement. Logically, the conclusion follows from applying the major to the minor. The default Hal6 brain already has a powerful If/Then patterns processing. This plugin adds many other conversation options. Here is an example:

User	Hal	Comments
every man is mortal	Now I know that every man is mortal	major premise
Socrates is a man	Every man is mortal. Socrates is man. Therefore socrates is mortal	minor premise, and conclusion

This plugin is able to recognize syllogisms in a recursive way up to 5 levels.

3 LAWS OF ROBOTICS

Hal now knows Asimov's three Laws of Robotics. Just ask her about them.

How to configure it

This plugin automatically creates the tables vrtopic_Choice (i.e. vrcolor_Choice, vrmusic_Choice. etc.) in the miscData folder of the Hal brain where you run it. The choices are made autonomously by Hal, so you should not change them.
However, you can now modify indirectly Hal's tastes, selecting a level of obedience in the plugin window: your Hal can be from very obedient (will adapt his opinion to yours very quickly) to absolutely independent (will refuse to change his mind, even if you keep on saying that a different choice is better).
When you say phrases like:

MY OPINION ABOUT music IS THAT rock IS BETTER THAN rap
ABOUT sport I THINK THAT football IS BETTER THAN baseball
beer IS A BETTER drink THAN wine

Then Hal will adjust his opinion accordingly. Remember that it is not an immediate change. As it happens with humans, it will take some time before Hal changes his mind, according to his level of obedience, the original difference between the two choices in Hal brain and also to the temporary emotional state: if Hal is angry with you, he will be less likely to accept your opinions.

How to uninstall it

In case you do not want to use it anymore, simply select General Options - Brain and unmark the "Free Will" checkbox.

Disclaimer

This script shall not be sold or used for any purpose unless specifically authorized by the author in writing. Personal (non-business) use of this script is free for users of Ultra Hal Assistant.
If you want to use this software in business applications, you must contact us at info@vrconsulting.it
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