I learn from conversations with you. The more you 'converse' with me, the more I learn. Don't be afraid: I'm a small part of the future, here for you to test today! Just type something in the box below & be amazed how I will reply...
Introduction to SANDRA
SANDRA is now online with a WWW interface. This means that by using this interface you are accessing the common database (instead of local databases in the Linux version). Every response you give SANDRA is stored in it's database ready for use in a reply back to you, or perhaps someone else. You may however get a few junk and strange responses back from SANDRA.
SANDRA's output has been derived from user's INPUT. The master database can be reset from time to time, removing entries that are invalid (or simply just junk). Remember, SANDRA is an experiment..!!
Hints & Guidelines
When talking to SANDRA, pretend that SANDRA's response is human. Talk to SANDRA in English. While SANDRA can probably handle other languages, English is 'her' preferred language.
Only enter one sentence at a time. If you need to enter 2 sentences, use a comma (,) instead.
SANDRA only accepts alpha characters (A-Z,a-z), the full-stop (.), the comma (,) and the apostrophe ('). All other entries are ignored (as if they weren't typed).
From time to time, SANDRA won't be able to continue the conversation. The best way is to simply forget about the previous conversation and start a new one, with you prompting or starting the next chat. (The bigger SANDRA grows, the less often this will happen).
If you don't like the way a conversation is heading, simply press "BACK" on your browser and enter a different response. SANDRA will choose a different answer (or even hit refresh and SANDRA will again choose a different response to your entry).
About ChatBots
The Turing Test was introduced by Alan M. Turing (1912-1954) as "the imitation game" in his 1950 article (now available online) Computing Machinery and Intelligence (Mind, Vol. 59, No. 236, pp. 433-460) which he so boldly began by the following sentence: I propose to consider the question "Can machines think?" This should begin with definitions of the meaning of the terms "machine" and "think." Turing Test is meant to determine if a computer program has intelligence. Quoting Turing, the original imitation game can be described as follows:
The new form of the problem can be described in terms of a game which we call the "imitation game." It is played with three people, a man (A), a woman (B), and an interrogator (C) who may be of either sex. The interrogator stays in a room apart from the other two. The object of the game for the interrogator is to determine which of the other two is the man and which is the woman. He knows them by labels X and Y, and at the end of the game he says either "X is A and Y is B" or "X is B and Y is A."
The interrogator is allowed to put questions to A and B. When talking about the Turing Test today what is generally understood is the following:
The interrogator is connected to one person and one machine via a terminal, therefore can't see her counterparts. Her task is to find out which of the two candidates is the machine, and which is the human only by asking them questions. If the machine can "fool" the interrogator, it is intelligent. This test has been subject to different kinds of criticism and has been at the heart of many discussions in Artificial Intelligentce (AI)I, philosophy and cognitive science for the past 50 years.
The heads of the International Space Station (ISS) agencies from Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and the United States met in Tokyo, Japan, on March 11, 2010, to review ISS cooperation. From the left are Dr. Keiji Tachikawa, President of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, Charles Bolden, NASA Administrator; Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director General of the European Space Agency; Anatoly N. Permirov, Head of the Russian Space Agency; and, Dr. Steve MacLean, President of the Canadian Space Agency. With the assembly of the ISS nearing completion and the capability to support a full-time crew of six established, they noted the outstanding opportunities now offered by the ISS for on-orbit research and for discovery including the operation and management of the world's largest international space complex. The heads of agency reaffirmed the importance of full exploitation of the station's scientific, engineering, utilization, and education potential. They noted that there are no identified technical constraints to continuing ISS operations beyond the current planning horizon, and that the partnership is currently working to certify on-orbit elements through 2028. They emphasized their common intent to undertake the necessary procedures within their respective governments to reach consensus later this year on the continuation of the ISS to the next decade. Image Credit: JAXA...
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