Hal

So I played around with the little Eliza artificial intelligence, wanna be, incompetent, sorta-but-not-really psychiatrist computer. I have to say that I was not to impressed. My only real experience with artificial intelligence- or rather just a computer that talks to you- is Hal, for 2001: Space Odyssey. Comparing Eliza to Hal was a little disappointing. I mean, Hal was smart, no offense Eliza. But, in her defense, Hal is fake. Anyway, minus the fact that Hal was fiction, he was way better than Eliza, I mean he was smart and even managed to kill the crew of the ship. Moving along from Space Odyssey (Note: this movie might have been cool thirty years ago, but, now it seems tediously long, just FYI), after “talking” with Eliza about how she was dumb and thinking about Hal, I started actually trying to relate these things to the class.  read more »