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Package: megahal (9.1.1a-6)

conversation simulator that can learn as you talk to it

Conversation simulators are computer programs which give the appearance of conversing with a user in natural language. Such programs are effective because they exploit the fact that human beings tend to read much more meaning into what is said than is actually there; we are fooled into reading structure into chaos, and we interpret non-sequitur as valid conversation.

MegaHAL differs from conversation simulators such as Eliza in that it uses a Markov Model to learn how to hold a conversation. It is possible to teach MegaHAL to talk about new topics, and in different languages.

This package contains the megahal binary, and for your scripting pleasure modules for perl, Python and Tcl.

Tags: Field: Linguistics, Implemented in: C, User Interface: Text-based Interactive, Network Protocol: IRC, : qa::orphaned, Role: Program, Scope: Application, Purpose: Chatting, Works with: People

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    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
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  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.7-1) [ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • dep: perl (>= 5.10.0-19)
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  • dep: perlapi-5.10.0
    virtual package provided by perl-base
  • sug: python (<< 2.6)
    An interactive high-level object-oriented language (default version)
    sug: python (>= 2.4)
  • sug: python-support (>= 0.7.1)
    automated rebuilding support for Python modules

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